"Tabula Asiae III" Copper etching from: "Geographia" by Claudio Ptolemy. Originally edited and published by Willibald Pirckheimer. This edition, which comprises all 64 maps of the "B" edition, including the "New World", was published by Josephus Meletius 1562 in Venice. This map shows the Caucasus region between the Black Sea in the upper left and the Caspian Sea on the right. The ancient names are of special interest. In the lower left is part of the course of the Ruphates River.

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"Tabula Asiae III"

Copper etching from: "Geographia" by Claudio Ptolemy. Originally edited and published by Willibald Pirckheimer. This edition, which comprises all 64 maps of the "B" edition, including the "New World", was published by Josephus Meletius 1562 in Venice.

This map shows the Caucasus region between the Black Sea in the upper left and the Caspian Sea on the right.
The ancient names are of special interest. In the lower left is part of the course of the Ruphates River.

Original antique print

On the reverse side is text In Italian about the area shown on the map.

Vertical centerfold. Very good condition for a map of this age.

Map image in shadowed area: 20 x 26 cm ( 7.8 x 10.2")

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