Turkey/ Cyprus/ Egypt/ Libya/ Carthage.
[Antwerp, 1570]
Natoliae.../ Aegypti.../ Carthaginis.
12 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches, Fine hand color; reinforced bottom of centerfold, few edge mends, very good condition.
A very early issue from a 1570 edition. Three maps on a single sheet each showing important parts of the classical world--Asia Minor (western Turkey), Egypt, and Carthage (Tunis)--but here depicted with then up-to-date cartography.
* Van den Broecke Ort 174, 1570 (C)--125 copies printed.
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