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Relief shown pictorially., At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app., "Cum priuilegio.", Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570., Watermark: 2 crossed arrows., Includes col. ill. of fish, ships, etc., Title on verso: Africa., Pg. no. on verso: 4., From: 1598 French text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum. Tooley wrote: of the Thetrum. This was the standard map of Africa for the rest of the sixteenth century; Koeman (History of Abraham Ortelius, p.57) speculated that much of the information for the interior was passed by word of mouth by natives to Arabs and Europeans. This hear say information was not to be proven or disapproved until the ninteenth century., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.MAP.00399, Print Map, Item-ID: i11401114, BIB-ID: 1172454 |