Aegyptus Antiqua
- Author(s)
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
- Description
- ex conatibus geographicis Ab. Ortelii. Relief shown pictorially. This sheet contains northern half of map. Date taken from southern half of map. Decorative border and cartouches, ships. Shows topography, waterways, ports. Descriptive text throughout. Inset map: Taurus, tegamus, et posidium, tres canales qui navigantes in portum Alexandrinorum ducunt. This copy has pencil inscriptions in lower left: 240a; and on right: Ortelius 1590. Cut off at bottom.
- Publisher
- Christophe Plantin],
- Collection
- Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
- Place(s)
- Africa, Asia, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nile River Valley, and Arabian Sea
- Subject(s)
- History
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/xk589cf3149
- Use and reproduction
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).