Aphricae Tabvla II - Alte Landkarte

Autor: Ptolemaeus, Claudius

Verlag: Münster, Sebastian

Verlagsort: Basilej

Erscheinungsjahr : 1540

North Africa."Aphricae Tabula II". Orig. woodcut, S. Munster after C. Ptolemaeus' map of the region. Published in Basle by H. Petri, 1540. Orig. old colouring. With Lat. heading title, a cartouche with explanatory notes and depiction of St. Paul's shipwreck. 27:33,5 cm.

A decorative map of Tunisia and Libya, including Malta, Sicily and part of the Mediterranean, from the rare first edition of Munster's "Geographia Universalis". - The woodcut border and ornaments on the verso are said to be the work of Hans Holbein.

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Stichwörter: Alte Landkarte, Alte Landkarten, Antike Karten, Aphricae Tabvla II