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Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypt maxima urbis

Description:

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Relief shown pictorially.

Includes descriptive text.

From a view done by Matteo Pagano in 1549.

From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum.

Indexed for points of interest.

"Cum privilegio" in frame of decorative cartouche.

Text on verso: "Cairvs" SS.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/yb453ms3290

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/yb453ms3290

Language:

lat

Publisher:

[Braun & Hogenberg]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Early maps

Subject:

Early maps

Temporal Coverage:

To 1800

Date Issued:

1574

Spatial Coverage:

Cairo (Egypt), Egypt, and Cairo

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