Asiae VI Tab.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
1 : 9150000 Description This is Gerard Mercator's map of the Arabian Peninsula, based on the second-century mapping of Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - 170), the progenitor of modern geography. Mercator - both an authoritative geographer and a gifted engraver - executed this map for his 1578 Duisberg edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, intended to be the definitive edition of that foundational work. Exceeding all Previous WorksPrevious editions, both copperplate and woodcut, had been comparatively crude renditions that often omitted detail and were prone to ambiguities. Mercator, produced hi...
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