Africa Tertia Pars Terræ

Description:

Appeared in the first edition of Itinerarum Saccrae Scripturae (1581). This map has an unusual shape, tapering to a narrow angle in the south. The sea is engraved in vertical, wavy lines, with a galleon, a merman and a sea-bird. Top left: 20. Top right: 21. Uncolored Woodcut Dr. Oscar I. Norwich

Creator:

Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

1592

Spatial Coverage:

Africa--Maps

Rights:

Image from the Dr. Oscar I. Norwich collection of maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 - ca. 1865 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.

Rights Holder:

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:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/hw977rt2571