Tabula VII Asiae

Tabula VII Asiae

Item Information

Title:
Tabula VII Asiae
Title (alt.):
Scythia intra imaum
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1525
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Tajikistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kyrgyzstan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Turkmenistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Uzbekistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kazakhstan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Extent:
1 map ; 27 x 43 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9g54xj57f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the west of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margins: climatic and latitudinal notes.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptolemaei00ptol
Identifier:
06_01_007992
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1525
Barcode:
30000003787849