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By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernadus SYLVANUS, 1511
Prima 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: 330 by 450mm. (13 by 17.75 inches).
- Inventory reference: 5286
Notes
Map showing northern Africa and the Strait of Gibraltar. The area covered shows part of Morocco and Algeria.
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