Title
Africae I Tab
/ [Gerardus Mercator].
Africae prima Tabula
Africae tabula prima continens ambas Mauritania, Tingitanam et Cæsariensem
Scale
[ca. 1:5,000,000].
Name/Creator
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, creator
HOLLIS IDDigital ObjectLocationMap Coll (Pusey)
Networked Resource
Place of Origin
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.
Language
Latin
Description
1 map ; 31 x 45 cm.
Form/Genrecartographic
map
Maps
Early works to 1800
Subject
Africa, North -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Category
map
North Africa
Note
Attributed to Mercator.
Also covers a portion of Southern Spain.
Relief shown pictorially.
In an ornamental cartouche: "Medius meridianus J6, reliqui ad hunc inclinati funt pro ratione parallelorum 29 BL 34 ad circulum maximum."
Probably originally published with a second map entitled "Africae II Tab." covering Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Tunisia and Libya.
Includes note and index on verso.