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Tabula Aphricae III - Antique map

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Northeast Africa (Egypt). "Tabula Aphricae III". Orig. woodblock from the S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1542. With latin title above the map, 2 cartouches and a depiction of a sea ​​monster devouring a sailor. 25,5:34 cm (10 x 13 1/2 inch.).

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Münster, Sebastian

Henricus Petrus

Basel

1542

Northeast Africa (Egypt). "Tabula Aphricae III". Orig. woodblock from the S. Münster's Geographia. Published by Henricus Petrus in Basel, 1542. With latin title above the map, 2 cartouches and a depiction of a sea ​​monster devouring a sailor. 25,5:34 cm (10 x 13 1/2 inch.).

A Ptolemaic map of Northeast Africa with Egypt, Nile delta and the northern part of the Red Sea from Münster's 'Geographia universalis vetus et nova complectens Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis Libros VIII'.


Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Northeast Afrca, Egypt, Tabula Aphricae III, Münster, Ptolemy Geographia, 1542, Henricus Petrus, Petri