Melchoir Tavernier was a member of a prestigious family firm of cartographers started by his father Gabriel and uncle Mechoir I. The following year, 1644, he would sell much of the business to Pierre Mariette. This map features the north eastern coast of Africa with the Mediterranean Sea. The River Nile dominates the right side of the map. With a very ornate title cartouche. Pastoureau Tavernier.