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Source Description
Map of the northern half of the African continent.
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Document identity
localId
st74cz29c
label
Tabula IIII Aphricae
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cz29c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Tabula IIII Aphricae
description
Map of the northern half of the African continent.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007985
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Africa--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
2.383
schema:longitude
16.066
extent
1 map ; 28 x 43 cm.
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
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no
dcId
st74cz29c
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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