Antique Map of the Region Around the Nile and the City of Carthage

€ 580

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Sheet size: 38.4 × 26.9 cm (15.1 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13365-2

Condition

Original/contemporary hand coloring. Shows wear and soiling. Few small defects in margins, blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Aegypti recentior descriptio - Carthaginis Celeberrimi sinus typus'. Two detailed regional maps by Ortelius. One map shows the region around the Nile, as far as Aswan. The other map shows the environs of the City of Carthage. Originally published as a double page map, with the left side being a map of Asia. Published by A. Ortelius, circa 1580.