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Cairus, quae olim Babylon : Aegypti maxima urbs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
Other Authors: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, Pagano, Matheo, active 1538-1562
Format: Map
Language:Latin
Published: [Cologne] : [Peter von Brachel], [1572?]
Subjects:
Cairo (Egypt) > Maps.
Early maps.
Description
Item Description:Relief shown pictorially.
From a view done by Matheo Pagano in 1549.
Appears in: Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarvm.
Indexed for points of interest.
Latin text on verso.
Map shows the pyramids and sphinx, peopl ein local garb, boats on the Nile River, and Latin text.
The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection.
The Cushing Library/Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection copy includes a watermark.
Physical Description:1 map : colored ; 34 x 48 cm, on sheet 42 x 54 cm