File:1561 map of West Africa by Girolamo Ruscelli.JPG

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MAVRITANIA NVOVA TAVOLA, from Italian translation of Ptolemy's Atlas “La Geograpfia Di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Nouvamente Tradatta Di Greco in Italiano”. Published in 1575 in Latin and Italian. 17.5 x 23.9 cm. On sheet 22 X 32.1 cm.

Date

1561 (published 1575)

Source

The University of Florida Map & Image Library

Author



Alternative names	Girolamo Rvscelli, (pseudonyms Alessio Piemontese, Alexius Pedemontanus), Джироламо Рушелли
Description	Italian cartographer
Date of birth/death	16^th century	1566
Location of birth/death	Viterbo	Venice
Work period	16^th century
Work location	Venice

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