Colored woodblock map of the Nile Delta graphically depicting surrounding sea, rivers, pyramids, sand dunes, and fertile areas. On recto, full sheet of German text with two large woodblock illustrations of a ram (top) and a fountain (below). From Sebastian Münster, Cosmographey oder Breschreibung aller Länder (Basel: Petri, 1588; first published there in 1544). Single paged, double sided. One side with full text and two illustrations of ram and fountain. Verso side has map with text above and below the map. Colored illustrations. 18 cm. x 16 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Item: Aegyptus
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Original image part of the Maps of Africa, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: 2019-305, Münster_Aegyptus_1588_UTA_2019-305
Identifier: 20086389
Title: Aegyptus
Creator: Münster, Sebastian (Cartographer)
Description: Colored woodblock map of the Nile Delta graphically depicting surrounding sea, rivers, pyramids, sand dunes, and fertile areas. On recto, full sheet of German text with two large woodblock illustrations of a ram (top) and a fountain (below). From Sebastian Münster, Cosmographey oder Breschreibung aller Länder (Basel: Petri, 1588; first published there in 1544). Single paged, double sided. One side with full text and two illustrations of ram and fountain. Verso side has map with text above and below the map. Colored illustrations. 18 cm. x 16 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1588
Coverage: 1540s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Egypt, Nile, Rivers, Nile Delta, Sand dunes, Illustrations, Red Sea, Mediterranean
Location: Egypt (Africa)
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: German
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: Aegyptus
Creator: Münster, Sebastian (Cartographer)
Description: Colored woodblock map of the Nile Delta graphically depicting surrounding sea, rivers, pyramids, sand dunes, and fertile areas. On recto, full sheet of German text with two large woodblock illustrations of a ram (top) and a fountain (below). From Sebastian Münster, Cosmographey oder Breschreibung aller Länder (Basel: Petri, 1588; first published there in 1544). Single paged, double sided. One side with full text and two illustrations of ram and fountain. Verso side has map with text above and below the map. Colored illustrations. 18 cm. x 16 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1588
Coverage: 1540s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Egypt, Nile, Rivers, Nile Delta, Sand dunes, Illustrations, Red Sea, Mediterranean
Location: Egypt (Africa)
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: German
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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