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Tab. III. Africae, in qua Cyrenaica, Marmarica, ac Lybia exterior : medius meridianus 56, reliqui inclinantur ad hunc ratione 25 et 30 parallelorum

Alternative Title:

Afr III Tab

Description:

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian

Relief shown pictorially

Ptolemaic map of eastern Libya and Egypt with numerous ancient place names, particularly along the course of the Nile

Title in an ornamental cartouche. Colored boundaries, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, towns and settlements. With a dragon, 2 lions, a giant lizard and an ostrich

Map is most likely appears in: Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum veteribus cogniti. Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht] : Apud Franciscum Halmam, Guiljelmum vande Water, Bibliop.; Franecquerae [Franeker] : Apud Leonardum Strick, Bibliop., 1698

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dg910sx4494

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dg910sx4494

Language:

lat

Publisher:

[Apud Franciscum Halmam, Guiljelmum vande Water, Bibliop.] and [Apud Leonardum Strick, Bibliop.]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1698

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, North, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Nile River, and North Africa

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false