Octava Asie tabula continet Scythiam que citra Imaū est & seras

Octava Asie tabula continet Scythiam que citra Imaū est & seras

Item Information

Title:
Octava Asie tabula continet Scythiam que citra Imaū est & seras
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Printer:
Hol, Lienhart
Date:
[1482]
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 : col. ; 34 x 40 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7h14b097r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Ulm : Lienhart Hol
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:10,000,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Title from verso.
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown by brown coloring.
Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: notes on latitude.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482.
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://www.archive.org/details/cosmographia00ptol
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_000861
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1482
Barcode:
30000003825182