Ptolemy, active 2nd centuryRuscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 15651 map; 18 x 24 cmScale approximately 1:26,000,000 ; Relief shown pictorially ; Map covers West Africa and most of North Africa ; Place names in Latin and Italian. Text on verso in Italian ; Detached from La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, and based on a 1548 edition by Giacomo Gastaldi ; Venice : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi; Source: Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565. La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino. Venice : Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561.9938210194202441ark:/81985/n2pr7pv5qlatitaAppresso Vincenzo ValgrisiPublicMauritania nuova tavola.MapsNorth AfricaWest Africa1561Northwestern University