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Ptolemy's Map of the World- Geographical Ideas of Africa Seventeen Hundred Years Ago
Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula

Africa described the manners of their habits G. Humble Ano 1626

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This atlas plate appeared in John Speed's atlas, A Prospect of the most famous parts of the World... Great Britian's Empire

London: George Humble, publisher 1626, 89 maps

This facsimile map published in Harper's Weekly (Supplement, June 1, 1878, pp.442-443)

Scale 1:20,000,000

Healy Map Collection #1

Phillips Atlases, Vol. 1, p.190 (Entry #442)

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Title(s): 
Africa described the manners of their habits G. Humble Ano 1626
Date: 
June 1, 1878
Dimensions: 
Overall: Length: 15 5/16 Inches, Width: 21 3/8 Inches, Inside neatline: Length: 13 15/16 Inches, Width: 20 1/4 Inches
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
3976.889
Previous Number(s): 
Map 7
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