Alexandria

Description:

[Franz Hogenberg ; Georg Braun]. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Shows topography, drainage, settlements, places of historical interest. Features pictorial vignettes throughout of ships, people, and camels. Descriptive text throughout and at top of map: Vetustissimum Aegypti emporium, amplissima civitas, ab Alexandro Magno condita, muris, turrib. et propugnaculis ea forma, qua heic depicta videtur, ante Christi aduentum, annis ccc.xx. constructa fuit, magnifica olim, et nunc quoque benè munita conspicitur, sed intra moenia ruinis, et ruderib. plena, magnitudine lutetiae Parisiorum respondet. Appears in Braun and Hogenber's Civitates orbis terrarum, Cologne, 1575.

Creator:

Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590 and Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622

Publisher:

[Braun & Hogenberg],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Bird's-eye views and Christianity

Date Issued:

1575

Spatial Coverage:

Egypt, Alexandria, and Alexandria (Egypt)

Rights:

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.

Rights Holder:

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map 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

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/sy117fd7845