A 16th century map of Turkey according to Claudius Ptolemy
RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Tabula Asiae I.
Venice: heirs of Melchior Sessa, 1598-9. Coloured. 200 x 260mm.
Map of Ptolomaic Turkey, from Ruscelli's 'La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo', also showing Cyprus. This is the third state and final state has a few names, a line of four large mountains in the east of the country and trees added.
Stock ID : 20498
£250
£250
A 16th century map of Turkey according to Claudius Ptolemy
RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Tabula Asiae I.
Venice: heirs of Melchior Sessa, 1598-9. Coloured. 200 x 260mm.
Map of Ptolomaic Turkey, from Ruscelli's 'La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo', also showing Cyprus. This is the third state and final state has a few names, a line of four large mountains in the east of the country and trees added.
Stock ID : 20498
£250
£250