Tabula IIII Aphricae

Tabula IIII Aphricae

Item Information

Title:
Tabula IIII Aphricae
Title (alt.):
Quarta tabula aphricae
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1525
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Africa
Africa
Extent:
1 map ; 28 x 43 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/st74cz29c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,200,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of the northern half of the African continent.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margins: climatic and latitudinal notes.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles.
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/claudiiptolemaei00ptol
Identifier:
06_01_007985
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1525
Barcode:
30000003787613