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English: Mt. Acabe in Egypt, namesake or cognate of the Gulf of Aqaba, as shown in Nicolaus Germanus' 1467 edition of Ptolemy's Geography (150 A.D.).
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Nicolaus Germanus (c.1420-c.1490 A.D.), mapping

Ptolemy's Geography (150 A.D.)
Camera location26° 48′ 28.8″ N, 33° 29′ 38.4″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Original Greek: 'Ακάβη όρος

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Mt. Acabe in Egypt, namesake or cognate of the Gulf of Aqaba, as shown in Nicolaus Germanus' 1467 edition of Ptolemy's Geography (150 A.D.).

1 January 150

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