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Diogo Homem: East Africa with Prester John enthroned   wikidata:Q107564176  reasonator:Q107564176
Artist
Diogo Homem  (1521–1576)  wikidata:Q5279202
 
Alternative names
Diego Homen
Description Portuguese cartographer
Date of birth/death 1521  Edit this at Wikidata 1576  Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
East Africa with Prester John enthroned
label QS:Len,"East Africa with Prester John enthroned"
Object type map  Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Image of Prester John, enthroned, in a map of East Africa from Queen Mary's Atlas
Depicted people Prester John  Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa before 1559
date QS:P,+1559-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1559-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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institution QS:P195,Q23308
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f.16r  Edit this at Wikidata
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"Preste" as the Emperor of Ethiopia, enthroned on a map of East Africa. From an atlas by the Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem for Queen Mary, c. 1555–1559. British Library

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current 23:44, 19 August 2020 Thumbnail for version as of 23:44, 19 August 20201,110 × 1,164 (401 KB)Aavindraalarger
02:50, 3 August 2005 Thumbnail for version as of 02:50, 3 August 2005338 × 346 (64 KB)CuchullainImage of Prester John
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