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| Keywords: 1855 Spruneri Map of North Africa in Ancient Times ( Carthage, Numidia, Alexandria ) - Geographicus - AfricaNorth-spruneri-1855.jpg This hand colored map is a steel plate lithograph depicting the western part of North Africa in ancient times This area contains the city of Carthage leveled by Rome at the end of the third Punic war Carthage's great general Hannibal nearly conquered Rome with his highly trained war elephants before being turned back at the very brink of victory Includes insets city plans of Carthage Tyrene and Alexandria in Egypt Today this region includes the nations of Tunisia Morocco and Algeria It was published in 1855 by the legendary German cartographer Justus Perthes Issued as part of the the Spruneri Atlas Antiquarie 1855 Size in 16 13 object history credit line accession number AfricaNorth-spruneri-1855 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Justus Perthes Old maps of Africa 1855 maps | ||||
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