Heinrich Scherer was professor of mathematics at Munich and a devout Jesuit. His seven-part “Atlas Novus” was finely engraved by several named artists including Johann Degler and Josef a Montalegre from Nuremberg and Leonhard Henckenauer. This particular map focuses on the River Nile taking in its source all the way to Cairo. With an inset of the source of the southern branch of the Nile. Shirley ‘Atlases in BL’ T.Sher 1a.