Claudius Ptolemy: Tabula IIII Asiae [Cyprus, Levant, and Mesopotamia]
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Cartographer:
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Claudius Ptolemy
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Title:
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Tabula IIII Asiae [Cyprus, Levant, and Mesopotamia]
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Date:
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1541
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Published:
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Vienne
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Width:
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18 inches / 46 cm
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Height:
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13 inches / 34 cm
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Map ref:
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MEAST2870
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Description:
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| Ptolemaic woodcut map of the Levant, Syria, Cyprus, and Iraq from the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with maps by Laurent Fries, text by Michael Servetus, and published by Gaspar Treschel. The geography is largely derived from data compiled by the ancient Greco-Roman geographer Claudius Ptolemy. [MEAST2870] |