Ortelius, Abraham 1527-1598 cartographic map cartographic image Maps-Africa-1570. be Antverpiae [Antwerp] [publisher not identified] 1570 monographic lat

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1 map ; 37.5 x 51 cm

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No Known Copyright No Known Copyright 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 f------ Scale [ca. 1:22 500 000] (W 59°--E 65°/N 38°--S 37°). Africa Maps Early works to 1800 III, Ort 1A-1D 8 Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 702749010 aacr CtY 970408 20131204025348.0 ocn702749010 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng