Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins, and explanatory text in cartouche. Imprint taken from atlas. Decorative cartouche. Shows topography, waterways, ports. Descriptive text throughout. From Mercator's Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Geographia, Cologne: Kempen, 1578, 1584.
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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 and Ptolemy, active 2nd century
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