Ancient Map of Egypt and Eastern Libya by Sylvanus, 1511: Nile, Red Sea, Cairo, Alexandria, Strabo annotations Size:A1 (594x841mm) Compass Rose: Typical navigational feature

Compass Rose: Typical navigational feature

His pioneering use of light

Such features would have been both a practical consideration for travelers and a point of pride for residents of the time

timeless dignity rooted in the ukiyo-e tradition

with inset maps remaining uncolored

Ancient Map of Egypt and Eastern Libya by Sylvanus, 1511: Nile, Red Sea, Cairo, Alexandria, Strabo annotations Size:A1 (594x841mm) Compass Rose: Typical navigational featureTertia Africae Tabula, created by Bernardus Sylvanus in 1511, presents a learned Renaissance vision of Egypt and the Red Sea framed within the classical canon. In this Third Map of Africa, Sylvanus stages an explicit dialogue between Strabo and Ptolemy, layering the settled wisdom of antiquity with the geographical revisions of his own age. The result is among the earliest obtainable cartographic portrayals of substantial portions of Africa, here