Octava Asiae Tabula
Venice: Bernado Sylvanus, 1511. Map. Original woodcut print with printed color.. Page measures 16 3/4" x 22". 1511. This rare Ptolemaic map of Central Asia features the regions east of the Caspian Sea with northern India and western China. Includes Scythia, Tajikistan, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China), Kyrgyzstan. Geographic features include the Ganges and the Himalayas. Relief is beautifully rendered pictorially with places and natural features labeled. The margin includes notes on climate and latitude. The unusual perspective of the geographical..... More