AGSL GeoDiscovery

Aegyptus

Description:

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in a German ed. of Münster's Cosmographia, published sometime between 1544 and 1628. Shows the Nile River delta and northwestern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. Printed from woodcut.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9970026583506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/vt150m72r

Language:

la and Latin

Creator:

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552

Publisher:

[Basle : Officin Henricpetrina, 1550?]

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Egypt—Maps—Early works to 1800, Nile River Delta (Egypt)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Egypt—Nile River Delta—1550, and Maps

Theme:

Egypt—Maps—Early works to 1800, Nile River Delta (Egypt)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Egypt—Nile River Delta—1550, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Egypt

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF