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"Barbaria" map from a French-language edition of the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius line of atlases encompasses North Africa and the famed Barbary coast of the Mediterranean as well as Syria and parts of "Natolia" (Asia Minor or Turkey), southern Italy (including Sicily) and southern Spain. It includes areas labeled "Biledulgerid", "Zanhaga", "Garamantes","Borno", "Gagoa", "Barcha", "Fez", "Numid" (Numidia) and "Maroco" (Morocco). Two large inset maps at bottom: "Carthaginensis Sinus" (Gulf of Carthage) with the city of Tunis showing fortifications and the Roman-built "Carthaginian" (Zhagouan) aqueduct; and a map "Aegyptus" (Egypt) showing the Nile Delta. Single paged, double sided. Uncolored. Full text (in French) on reverse side. 14 cm. x 19 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Item: Barbaria
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Original image part of the Maps of Africa, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: 2019-291, Mercator_Barbaria_1623_UTA_2019-291
Identifier: 20086374
Title: Barbaria
Creator: Mercator, Gerard (Cartographer), Jansson, Johannes (Cartographer), Hondius, Hendrick (Cartographer)
Description: "Barbaria" map from a French-language edition of the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius line of atlases encompasses North Africa and the famed Barbary coast of the Mediterranean as well as Syria and parts of "Natolia" (Asia Minor or Turkey), southern Italy (including Sicily) and southern Spain. It includes areas labeled "Biledulgerid", "Zanhaga", "Garamantes","Borno", "Gagoa", "Barcha", "Fez", "Numid" (Numidia) and "Maroco" (Morocco). Two large inset maps at bottom: "Carthaginensis Sinus" (Gulf of Carthage) with the city of Tunis showing fortifications and the Roman-built "Carthaginian" (Zhagouan) aqueduct; and a map "Aegyptus" (Egypt) showing the Nile Delta. Single paged, double sided. Uncolored. Full text (in French) on reverse side. 14 cm. x 19 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1623
Coverage: 1620s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Nile, Egypt, Rivers, Carthage, North Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Aqueducts, Forts & fortifications, Mediterranean
Location: Northern Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: French
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Barbaria
Creator: Mercator, Gerard (Cartographer), Jansson, Johannes (Cartographer), Hondius, Hendrick (Cartographer)
Description: "Barbaria" map from a French-language edition of the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius line of atlases encompasses North Africa and the famed Barbary coast of the Mediterranean as well as Syria and parts of "Natolia" (Asia Minor or Turkey), southern Italy (including Sicily) and southern Spain. It includes areas labeled "Biledulgerid", "Zanhaga", "Garamantes","Borno", "Gagoa", "Barcha", "Fez", "Numid" (Numidia) and "Maroco" (Morocco). Two large inset maps at bottom: "Carthaginensis Sinus" (Gulf of Carthage) with the city of Tunis showing fortifications and the Roman-built "Carthaginian" (Zhagouan) aqueduct; and a map "Aegyptus" (Egypt) showing the Nile Delta. Single paged, double sided. Uncolored. Full text (in French) on reverse side. 14 cm. x 19 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1623
Coverage: 1620s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Nile, Egypt, Rivers, Carthage, North Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Aqueducts, Forts & fortifications, Mediterranean
Location: Northern Africa
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: French
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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