Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Aphricae Tabula IIII.
Title in Translation:
Map of North Africa.
Publication Place:
Basel
Publisher:
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579
Publication Date:
1571
Cartographer:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent.
Physical Description:
Woodcut
Height:
25 cm.
Width:
34 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
"This map is identified as a Ptolemy edition of 1571, probably by Munster." Trapezoidal projection. Title on verso: Quarta Aphricae Tabula, continent interiorem Libyam et Aethiopiam quae sub Aegypto ...
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Northern Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
291
Call Number:
NOR 0291
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0291, p. 330
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Aphricae Tabula IIII.