Gerard Mercator:  Afr III Tab (Libya and Egypt)

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Title: Afr III Tab (Libya and Egypt)

Map Maker: Gerard Mercator

Description:

Nice  example of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of  Libya and Egypt, including a number of mythical creatures.

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: Minor soiling

Related Categories:
Maps of Egypt
Maps of North Africa