Map: Aegypti Recentior Descriptio; Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus

1988.07.0043

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Map: Aegypti Recentior Descriptio; Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus   (1988.07.0043)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ortelius, Abraham: Author/Cartographer (1527-1598) Plantin Press (Officina Plantiniana): Publisher
Geographic Location
Period/Date Renaissance, 1595 CE
Culture Dutch, Flemish

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 46.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 29.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 19 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper--Rag, Pigment--Ink
Manufacturing Processes Printing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Altea Antique Maps. "Natolie, Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova Descriptio; Aegypti recentior descriptio; Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus" by Abraham Ortelius. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1612. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Natolie, Quae Olim Asia Minor, Nova Descriptio [with] Aegypti recentior descriptio [with] Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus" by Abraham Ortelius. Antwerp, 1574. Whole Theatrum: Christie's. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: Plantin, 1595.

Bibliography

Phillips, Philip Lee, Clara Egli Le Gear. A list of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, Vol. 1. Pg. 132-134. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Dianne Suzette Harris, D. Fairchild Ruggles, eds. Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision. Pg. 94-97. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007. Harwood, Jeremy. To The End of the Earth. Pg. 83. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2006.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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