Tabu. Nova. Partis Aphri.
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1535
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Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel Fratrum
Abstract
Plate [38] from: Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae enarrationis libri octo.
This reproduction of the map shows how completely unknown the interior of the southern end of the African continent was to Europeans in the sixteenth century. Only the ports along the coastline are indicated.
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Accession no.: 18374
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Discoveries in geography-16th century, Africa Southern-maps