Tabula Asiae XI [India and Southeast Asia]

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• ARTIST: Girolamo Ruscelli

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1574.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 7/8 x 9 1/4" (17.4 x 23.4 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: A fine example of Girolamo Ruscelli's Tabula Asiae XI. This map appeared in the 1574 edition of Ruscelli's "Geographia" which based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy.<br><br> "Tabula Asiae XI" is based entirely on Claudius Ptolemy's geographical work and bears the hallmarks of the Greek scholar's methodology, a scientific and mathematical approach to presenting geography, with latitude and longitude lines crisply engraved, providing a grid-like structure for the detailed content within.<br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: A rich impression of the map.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps