Claudius Ptolemy: Tabula IIII Aphricae
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Cartographer:
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Claudius Ptolemy
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Title:
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Tabula IIII Aphricae
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Date:
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1535
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Published:
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Lyon
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Width:
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19 inches / 49 cm
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Height:
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13 inches / 34 cm
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Map ref:
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AFR1540
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Description:
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| Woodcut Ptolemaic map of Northern Africa as it was understood from Classical times until the Portuguese rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. From the 1535 Lyon edition of Ptolemy's Geography edited by Michael Servetus using woodblocks by Laurent Fries. [Norwich 287] [AFR1540] |