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C1561
Tabula Asiae V
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An old Ptolemic map of central Asia from Armenia to northern Iran, includes the ancient cities of Parhia over 450 years old.
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Full Title:
Tabula Asiae V
Date:
C1561
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition. Fold as issued
Technique:
Original copper engraving
Image Size:
260mm
x 190mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1561
Description:
An old Ptolemic map of central Asia from Armenia to northern Iran, includes the ancient cities of Parhia over 450 years old.
Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 - 1566)
Ruscelli was an Italian Alchemist, physician and cartographer, born around 1504 in Viterbo. He revised the Ptolemy Geography, which was issued 1561 until 1599 in Venice. The new copper engraved maps are based on Gastaldi's edition of 1548. He died in 1566 in Venice.
