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Libya, Egypt, the Nile Delta and the Red Sea
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernadus SYLVANUS, 1511
Tertia Africae Tabula
- Author: PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernadus SYLVANUS
- Publication place: Venice
- Publisher: Jacobus Pentius de Lencho
- Publication date: 1511.
- Physical description: Double-page woodcut map
- Dimensions: 406 by 508mm. (16 by 20 inches).
- Inventory reference: 5288
Notes
Map showing part of northern Africa, covering part of Libya, Egypt, the Nile Delta and the northern half of the Red Sea.
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