Tabula Asiae VIII. Map of Central Asia. Claudius Ptolemaeus 1574

Title: Tabula Asiae VIII.

16th century ancient map of Schythia, and the Anthropophagi region, Central Asia showing India, Tartarie, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan and China.

The map first appeared in the 1561 edition of Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geografia.The present example is the scarce third state of hte map, which adds the sailing ship.

Artists: Claudius Ptolemaeus revised and corrected by Giovanni Malombra, after Girolamo Ruscelli's translation.
Printer: Giordano Ziletti Venice 1574.

Origin: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino già tradotta di greco in italiano da M. Gero. Ruscelli & hora in questa nuova editione da M. Gio. Malombra ricorretta.

Reference: Alden/Landis 574/46. Sabin 66505 (dat. 1573). Nordenskiöld 220. Shirley 133. Burden 29 u. 45. Adams P 2236.

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Size sheet app.: 11.5 x 8.75 inches. 29.5 x 22.5 cm.
Condition: This map is in good antiquarian condition, with only minor signs of age on the centerfold.

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