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From Gerard Mercator’s edition of ‘Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum’. It was in 1578 that one of the world’s greatest cartographers put out an edition of the earliest surviving geographical treatise. This map shows the northern half of Africa with the equator displayed prominently. The source of the Nile River is also highlighted. Koeman Me 5; Nordenskiold 234; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 384; Shirley BL T.Ptol-11a & 11k; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 1:501.
MERCATOR, Gerard – PTOLEMY, Claudius
Tab. IV. Africae, in qua Libya Interior et Exterior. Aethiopia sub Aegypto et Interior ...
Francois Halma, Utrecht, 1578-[c.1695]
310 x 460 mm., a fine example in modern wash colour.
Stock number: 4020
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