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R & J Wetstenii & G Smith, Amsterdam, 1578-[1730]
350 x 470 mm., a fine example in recent wash colour.
Gerard Mercator's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography' is highly acclaimed, he spent much of his life studying the work and even engraved the plates himself. The 'Geographia' is the earliest surviving geographical treatise. Much of Mercator's efforts were spent projecting Ptolemy's geography onto the projection which bears his name. Mercator is one of the worlds greatest cartographers and the 'Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum' was first published in 1578. This map centres on India although there is not much of a peninsula. Its presence can be determined by the Indus and Ganges Rivers on the left and right respectively. Sri Lanka can be seen at the bottom of the map. It is in the third state with the addition of a latitude and longitude grid illustrating the projection. Not in Gole; Koeman Me 5; Nordenskiold 234; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 384; Shirley BL T.Ptol-11a & 11k; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 1:501.
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MERCATOR, Gerard - PTOLEMY, Claudius : Asiae X Tab:
Francois Halma, Utrecht, 1578-[c.1695]
350 x 470 mm., a fine example in modern wash colour.
From Gerard Mercator's edition of 'Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum'. It was in 1578 that one of the world's greatest cartographers put out an edition of the earliest surviving geographical treatise. This map centres on India although there is not much of a peninsula. Its presence can be determined by the Indus and Ganges Rivers on the left and right respectively. Sri Lanka can be seen at the bottom of the map. Koeman Me 5; Nordenskiold 234; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 384; Shirley BL T.Ptol-11a & 11k; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 1:501.
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