Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas
Period: 1965 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
12.9 x 18 inches
32.8 x 45.7 cm
This is a facsimile of one of the most important publications on Africa issued in the 16th century. The maps included were surprisingly accurate for their era and were partly drawn on a special modification of the Donis projection. It features a bibliographical note by R.A. Skelton. Part of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Series of Atlases in Facsimile Second Series - Volume I. 400 pages, including 12 double-page maps. Hardbound in tan cloth with gilt insignia on the front cover and titles in gilt on a black ground along the spine, and a dust jacket.
References:
Condition: A
Near fine with minor shelf wear along the edges of the dust jacket.
