Tabula Moderna Prime Partis Aphricae
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A good example of a rare and important map - the first "modern" depiction of North and West Africa. Martin Waldseemuller has recently enjoyed great popular acclaim as the creator of the great wall map of the world, recently exhibited in Washington, on which the name "America" appears for the first time. However, his editions of Claudius Ptolemy's "Geographia", of 1513 and 1520, rank amongst the most important atlas publications of any period for the collection of "modern" maps based on the latest knowledge, which were displayed alongside the classical Greco/Roman maps. This bold woodcut shows all north and west Africa to the Bight of Benin representing the first non-European shores and hinterland to be encountered (and accurately mapped) by the Portuguese and Spanish in their voyages into the south Atlantic. Minor centrefold repairs but overall a good example of this large and imposing historical record.
region: Maps of Northern Africa
mapmaker:
M.Waldseemuller
place and date of publication:
Strasburg 1513
medium and colour:
woodblock, Uncoloured
ref:
34915
size in cms: 57.5 x 44 Price: £ 5200 |
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