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Number: | 2477 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | Continent |
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Year of Origin: | 1575 |
Title: | AFRI= CAE TA= BVLA NOVA. |
Sub-Title: | AFRICA M. GRAECI LIBYAN APP. |
Language: | Latin |
Publish Origin: | Paris |
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Cartographer: |
Francois de Belleforest |
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Publisher: |
Nicolas Chesneau |
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Notes: | Rare woodcut map from the French edition of Munster's "La Cosmographie universelle de tout de Monde" derived from Ortelius 'Typus Orbis Terrarum'; upper left corner imprint is the bookbinders instruction: 'Ceste Carte se doit met-tre au fueillet 1868' indicative of the map being folded into Book 16 on page 1868 of the second of three volumes; Ruderman; Pastoureau 1980 p. 51-4; and 1984 p. 55-6; Betz #16; |
Last updated: Apr 5, 2015 |