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Gerard Mercator:  Africae I Tab [North Africa]




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Title: Africae I Tab [North Africa]

Map Maker: Gerard Mercator

Place / Date: Amsterdam / 1578

Coloring: Hand Colored

Size: 18 x 13 inches

Condition: VG

Price: $365.00

Inventory ID: 19250


Description:

Nice full color example of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of North Africa.

While Mercator is perhaps most famous for his maps of the Modern World, one of his life ambitions was to write an improved and corrected edition of Ptolemy's Geographia.


Condition Description: Backed with 20th Century Archival Paper


Related Categories:
Maps of North Africa