AGSL GeoDiscovery

[Map of Africa]

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

Bird's-eye view.

Coordinates are approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Shows topography, vegetation, drainage.

"Liber sextus cosmographiae per Sebastianum Munsterum, ex probatis autoribus & scriptoribus antiquis & recentioribus, collectus & in unum conflatus" at top.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/sc844fy5881

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/sc844fy5881

Language:

lat

Creator:

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552

Publisher:

publisher not identified,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Discovery and exploration

Date Issued:

1550

Spatial Coverage:

Africa and Nile River

Rights:

Image from the Caroline Batchelor Map Collection courtesy 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.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false