1 map; 18 x 24 cm, Scale approximately 1:26,000,000 ; Relief shown pictorially ; Map covers West Africa and most of North Africa ; Place names in Latin and Italian. Text on verso in Italian ; Detached from La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, and based on a 1548 edition by Giacomo Gastaldi ; Venice : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi; Source: Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565. La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino. Venice : Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561.
Creator
Ptolemy, active 2nd century, Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565
Publisher
Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi
Temporal Coverage
1561
Rights
No Copyright - United States, The images on this web site, from maps in the collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and housed in the Government & Geographic Information Collection of Northwestern University Libraries are in the public domain in the United States, and as such, not subject to copyright restriction. The Libraries request users cite both the URL and Northwestern University Libraries if they wish to reproduce images from the repository. For access to higher resolution images please contact repository@northwestern.edu