Girolamo Ruscelli: Mauritania Nuova Tavola
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Cartographer:
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Girolamo Ruscelli
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Title:
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Mauritania Nuova Tavola
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Date:
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1574
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Published:
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Venice
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Width:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Height:
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8 inches / 21 cm
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Map ref:
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AFR3436
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Description:
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| Early copper-engraved map of North and West Africa, from Algeria and Morocco along the coast to Ghana and Nigeria. The interior is highly speculative and largely based on classical knowledge. From Ruscelli's 1574 edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. [AFR3436] |