All maps are woodcuts of extraordinary clarity on paper in excellent condition.
Each map was hand-colored at the time of publication . The greens, blues, reds and browns of terrain features and marginal decoration have been augmented with gold highlights on all mountain ranges. These maps are most unusual, not only for their rarity, but for their commendable state of preservation and their beauty of execution. The Ptolemaic version of central North Africa , including present-day Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, as far south as the Atlas Mountain chain. Click here for more maps of Africa A SIA 2.