[Aegyptus Antiqua

Alternative Title:

[Aegyptvs Antiqva]

Description:

ex conatibus geographicis Ab. Ortelii.] Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins. This sheet contains southern half of map. Title taken from northern sheet. Decorative border and cartouche (containing alphabetical list of place names). Shows topography, waterways. Descriptive text throughout. "Cum priveligio Imperiali et Belgico." From Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Latin edition, Antwerp, 1584.

Creator:

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 and Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589

Publisher:

Christophe Plantin]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

History

Date Issued:

1584

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nile River Valley

Rights:

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.

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/tr635hf7376