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Tab. I Asiae In Qua Galatia Cappadocia Pontus Bitynia Asia Minor

Tab. I Asiae In Qua Galatia Cappadocia Pontus Bitynia Asia Minor

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A later edition with re-engraved title of Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Turkey. Mercator's Ptolemaic maps were some of the few that were published in his lifetime. A large fishy monster and small companion frolic in the eastern Mediterranean close to Cyprus. Attractive original colour.

region: Maps of the Middle East
mapmakers: C.Ptolemy G.Mercator
place and date of publication: Amsterdam 1585-c.1650
medium and colour: Copperplate, Original colour
size in cms: 46 x 35
ref: 28221
price: £ 460

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