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Tabu Asiae Minoris. (Turkey.)

  • ARTIST: Martin Waldseemuller

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Laurent Fries, Strassburg

  • MEDIUM: Woodblock,

    DATE: 1525

  • EDITION SIZE: 10 1/2 x 15" (265 x 382 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: This map appeared in a 1525 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia," published by Laurent Fries. This map has a number of early manuscript additions including several new place names in Turkey and several mountain ranges in Syria. A scarce example of early woodblock cartography.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Several areas of repairs including paper replacement along centerfold and sheet edges.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps