Prima Africae tabula

Prima Africae tabula

Item Information

Title:
Prima Africae tabula
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1511
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Africa, Northwest--Maps--Early works to 1800
Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North Africa (area)
Extent:
1 map ; 33 x 45 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/st74cx72f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Venice : J. Pentius de Leucho
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,900,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of northwest Africa.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptholemae00ptol
Identifier:
06_01_007951
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1511
Barcode:
30000003779813