Africa. Ex magna orbis terre deſcriptione Gerardi Mercatoris deſumta studio & induſtria G.M. Iunioris

Description:

Appears in: Atlas sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura (1595) Atlas first published in 1569. Map issued in several editions and in many languages. Includes Latin text on back of map. The cartouche is circular, surrounded by decorative scrolls and two satyrs. Colored Dr. Oscar I. Norwich

Creator:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Date Issued:

1595

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

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JPEG2000

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