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- Author(s)
- Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Ptolemy, active 2nd century, and Kempen, Gottfried von, active 1576-1598
- Description
- Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins, and explanatory text in cartouche. Title at top. Imprint taken from atlas. Decorative cartouche, ship. Shows topography, waterways, ports. From Mercator's Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Geographia, Cologne: Kempen, 1578, 1584. This copy has pencil inscription in lower left: 198. Holes in bottom area of map. Latin text on verso.
- Publisher
- Godefridus Kempen,
- Collection
- Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Geographia and Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
- Place(s)
- Arabian Peninsula, Asia, Middle East, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Syria, and Saudi Arabia
- Subject(s)
- Deserts
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/yh515fz4571
- 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
- 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).
