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Africae tabula nova, Africam Graeci Libyam app, Africae tabvla nova
This is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche, which was removed between 1606 and 1612 (van den Broecke). At the time of its ...
Africae tabula nova, Africam Graeci Libyam app, Africae tabvla nova
This is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche, which was removed between 1606 and 1612 (van den Broecke). At the time of its ...
Alexandria: vetustissimum Aegÿpti emporium, Amplissima civitas, ab Alexandro Magno condita, muris, turrib. et propugnaculis ea forma, qua heic depicta videtur, ante Christi adventum, Annis CCCXX constructa fuit, magnifica olim, et nunc quoque benè ...
[Georg Braun ; Frans Hogenberg]., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.MAP.00915, Print Map, Item-ID: i11402398, BIB-ID: 1172582
Algerii Saracenorum vrbis fortissimae, in Numidia Africae Prouincia structae, iuxta Balearicos fluctus Maediterranei aequoris Hispaniam contra, Othomanorum Pri[n]cipu[m] jmperio redactae, imago, Algerii Saracenorum urbis fortissimae, in Numidia Afric...
This is a one of the earliest printed maps of the city and beautiful example of a cornerstone map in attractive coloring. Translation of cartouche text, view of Algiers, the most powerful town of the Saracens, built in the Numidian province of Africa and situated on the edge of the Balearic Current ...