Africa.- Fries (Lorenz) [Tabula I Aphricae], trapezoidal Ptolemaic map covering Morocco, Mauritania, the Western Sahara, Algeria and the western edge of Libya, with the Pillars of Hercules depicted on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Atlas Mountains covering large parts of the land, woodcut on laid paper with small indistinct watermark, sheet 400 x 510 mm. (15 3/4 x 20 in), Latin text verso with woodcut borders and decoration, central vertical fold, several small repairs to wormhole damage in the margins, minor surface dirt, handling creases and rough edges, unframed, [Strasbourg, circa 1535].
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