Altera Generalis Tab. Secundum Ptol. World according to Ptolemy MUNSTER 1572 map
Altera Generalis Ptol [The World according to Ptolemy [Claudius Ptolemaeus]]. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Sebastian Münster. Provenance: "Cosmographiae Universalis Lib VI. In Quibus Iuxta Certioris Fidei Scriptores…" Authore Sebastiano Munstero. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Caes. Maiest. Basileae, ex Officina Henricpetrina. Type: Antique 16th century woodcut map. Ptolemaic map of the old world, surrounded by clouds and eleven windheads with their names in banners. The continents are oddly shaped and southern Africa is shown connected to east Asia by a great southern continent ("Terra incognita"). There is a very large Taprobana (Sri Lanka) in the Indian Ocean and the Indian subcontinent is severely truncated. The Nile is shown originating in a series of lakes in a mountain range.
Size: 8917px × 6768px
Location: World
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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