"Africa", Solinus, Caius Julius
Subject: Northern Africa
Period: 1538 (published)
Publication: C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor...
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.4 x 6.4 inches
23.9 x 16.3 cm
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.