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Tabula Asiae I

Tabula Asiae I

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Ruscelli's Ptolemaic map of Turkey was published in "La Geografia Di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino ..." after Gastaldi - this being from the 1564 edition. Using Ptolemy's coordinates, Ruscelli's map shows a wide Bosphorus. Small wormholes at the upper centrefold.

region: Maps of the Middle East
mapmakers: C.Ptolemy G.Ruscelli
place and date of publication: Venice 1561-1564
medium and colour: Copperplate, Uncoloured
size in cms: 26 x 19
ref: 28355
price: £ 160

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