Barbaria

Author: Mercator, Gerardus

Publisher: Janssonius, Joannes

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1630

North Africa. "Barbaria". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's Atlas Minor. Published in Amsterdam by J. Janssonius, 1630. With ornamental title-cartouche, a cartouche with the scale of map, French title ("Barbarie") above the desk and two inset maps: Lake of Tunis with the city of Carthage ("Carthaginensis Sinus") and northern part of Egypt with Nile Delta ("Aegyptus"). Three maps printed from one plate. 14:18,5 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inch.).

Koeman III, map 8610:352.1, ed. 352:11 (1630 French).

- A miniature map from Mercator's Atlas Minor.

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Tags: Barbaria Noth Africa Mercator Janssonius Map Gulf of Tunis Carthage Egypt Nile Delta 1630 Atlas Minor