Important early woodblock map of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf by Sebastian Munster. From the rare “Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII” published in Basel at Heinrich Petri in 1552. The fascinating Ptolemaic map includes and names all the major cities, including terrestrial features such as mountains and rivers of the region. The map also locates and names all the islands of the Persian Gulf and the red sea that surround the Peninsula.
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Tabula Asiae VI
Important early woodblock map of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf by Sebastian Munster. From the rare “Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII” published in Basel at Heinrich Petri in 1552. The fascinating Ptolemaic map includes and names all the major cities, including terrestrial features such as mountains and rivers of the region. The map also locates and names all the islands of the Persian Gulf and the red sea that surround the Peninsula.
- Year: 1552
- Dimension: 255 x 345 mm
- Place of publication: Basle
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