Phillip Cluver was a German geograph and historian. He studied law in Leiden. After travelling a lot, he finally settled in Leiden in 1615 where he received a regular pension from the University. His main publications: Germania Antiqua (1616), Siciliae Antiquae libri duo (1619), Sardinia et Corsica Antiqua (1619), Italia Antiqua (1624, posthumous), Introductio in Universam Geographiam (1629).
Phillip Clüver: Mauritana et Africa Propria nunc Barbaria
circa 1700
Nice engraved map of the north-western part of Africa with the Canary Islands by Phillip Clüver. With one cartouch.
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