Tertia Asie tabula continet Colchide, Iberia, Albania :& maiorem Armenia

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Tertia Asie tabula continet Colchide, Iberia, Albania :& maiorem Armenia

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Title:
Tertia Asie tabula continet Colchide, Iberia, Albania :& maiorem Armenia
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Printer:
Hol, Lienhart
Date:
[1482]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Armenia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Azerbaijan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Caucasus, South--Maps--Early works to 1800
Georgia (Republic)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Transcaucasia (area)
Georgia
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 34 x 44 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Ulm : Lienhart Hol
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:3,900,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Title from verso.
Map of the ancient Scythian lands in modern day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
Relief shown by brown coloring.
Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: notes on latitude.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/cosmographia00ptol
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_000855
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1482
Barcode:
30000003823561