"Africa", Solinus, Caius Julius

This scarce woodcut map by Sebastian Munster was published in Solinus' Polyhistor. It depicts a Ptolemaic view of northern Africa and Arabia with Latin place names, exaggerated rivers, and rope-like mountains. The Nile River arises from four different lakes: two of which have their source in the Mountains of the Moon, and two towards the northeast. Latin text on verso.

Solinus was a Roman grammarian from the 3rd century who borrowed largely from Pliny's Natural History, reinterpreting it from a geographical perspective.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #285-11.

Condition: B+

A nice impression with some show-through of text on verso and several light dampstains.