2. Antique Maps and Views
  3. Antique Maps and Views

Antique Maps and Views

Information

Africa XVIII Nova Tabula View larger
Previous Next

Africa XVIII Nova Tabula - Antique map

00424

Africa. "Africa XVIII Nova Tabula". Orig. woodblock from the first edition of S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1540. With latin title above the map, a cartouche, depiction of a ship and many other illustratins. 25,5:34,5 cm (10 x 13 1/2 inch.).

More details

Sold

More info

Münster, Sebastian

Henricus Petrus

Basel

1540

Africa. "Africa XVIII Nova Tabula". Original woodblock from the first edition of S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1540. With latin title above the map, a cartouche, depiction of a ship and many other illustratins (an elephant, "Monoculi" ...). 25,5:34,5 cm (10 x 13 1/2 inch.).

Norwich 2. - A map of Africa based on Ptolemaic sources. First state from the 1st edition of Münster's 'Geographia universalis vetus et nova complectens Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis Libros VIII'.

Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, map of Afrika, Africa XVIII nova tabula, Münster, Geographia, first edition, 1540, Henricus Petrus, Petri