Octava Asiae tabula

Octava Asiae tabula

Item Information

Title:
Octava Asiae tabula
Title (alt.):
Scythia Extra Imaum Montem
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1511
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
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
China > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (region)
Extent:
1 map ; 33 x 38 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/st74cx89m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Venice : J. Pentius de Leucho
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
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/claudiiptholemae00ptol
Identifier:
06_01_007964
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1511
Barcode:
30000003781984