Bernadus Sylvanus:  Secunda Africae Tabula [Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia]

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Title: Secunda Africae Tabula [Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia]

Map Maker: Bernadus Sylvanus

Description:

Sylvanus' map of part of Tunisia, Lybia, Sicily and Sardinia is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region and the first printed in two colors.

The map appeared in Sylvanus' Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae . . ., publish in Venice in 1511. The Sylvanus edition of Ptolemy is one of the earliest to include maps with modern geographical updates. 

Condition Description: The map has been printed on two leaves, which have here been rejoined and backed with Japan paper on the verso, with several minor areas of loss skillfully repaired. A nice example of a map which very rarely appears on the market.

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Maps of Africa
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