Tabula IIII Asiae

Tabula IIII Asiae

Item Information

Title:
Tabula IIII Asiae
Title (alt.):
Asiae tabula quarta
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1525
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Middle East--Maps--Early works to 1800
Lebanon--Maps--Early works to 1800
Iraq--Maps--Early works to 1800
Syria--Maps--Early works to 1800
Israel--Maps--Early works to 1800
Jordan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kuwait--Maps--Early works to 1800
Cyprus--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Middle East (area)
Israel
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Kuwait
Cyprus
Syria
Extent:
1 map ; 31 x 44 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/st74cz372
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:3,800,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of Palestine, Mesopotamia and Babylonia in present day Middle East.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
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_007989
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1525
Barcode:
30000003787845