Octava Asiae tabula

Title:: Octava Asiae tabula
Title (alt.):: Scythia Extra Imaum Montem
Creator:: Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:: 1511
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: Tajikistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kyrgyzstan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:: Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
China > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (region)
Extent:: 1 map ; 33 x 38 cm.
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: Venice : J. Pentius de Leucho
Scale:: Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000]
Language:: Latin
Notes:: Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
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://archive.org/details/claudiiptholemae00ptol
Identifier:: 06_01_007964
Call #:: G1005 .P7 1511
Barcode:: 30000003781984