Antique Map of Carthage by Shaw (1773)

Description: Antique print titled 'Kaart van de Legging van het Oude Karthago'. Old map of the city of Carthage and the Bay of Carthage. It was the center or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Governorate in Tunisia. Originates from the first Dutch editon of an interesting travel account of Northern Africa titled 'Reizen en Aanmerkingen door en over Barbaryen en het Ooste'. 

Artists and Engravers: Author: T. Shaw. Translated by P. Boddaert and published by J. van Schoonhoven.