Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Totius Africae tabula et descriptio universalis etiam ultra Ptolemaei limites extensa.
Title in Translation:
Map of the whole of Africa based on Ptolemaic sources.
Publication Place:
Basel
Publisher:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Publication Date:
1542
Cartographer:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Physical Description:
Woodcut
Height:
26 cm.
Width:
34 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Latin edition of Munster's map (see NOR 0002). Includes three places printed upside down: Quiloa, Mantes and Regnu[m].
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
3
Call Number:
NOR 0003
Source:
Geographia Universalis (1540-1542) (Latin edition)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0003, p. 6
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Totius Africae tabula et descriptio universalis etiam ultra Ptolemaei limites extensa.