AGSL GeoDiscovery

Afr. IIII. tab

Alternative Title:

Africae quarta tabula

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins, and explanatory text in cartouche.

Imprint taken from atlas.

Decorative cartouche.

Shows topography, waterways, ports.

Descriptive text throughout.

From Mercator's Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Geographia, Cologne: Kempen, 1578, 1584.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zs790wj4228

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zs790wj4228

Language:

lat

Creator:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 and Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Publisher:

Godefridus Kempen

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1578, 1584]

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Africa, north, Horn of Africa, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, and Nile River Valley

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration 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.

License:

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

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false