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Source Description
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the west of the Pamir Mountain range.
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Document identity
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st74cx872
label
Septima Asiae tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx872
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Septima Asiae tabula
description
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the west of the Pamir Mountain range.
date
["1511"]
year
1511
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007963
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Tajikistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kyrgyzstan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Turkmenistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Uzbekistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kazakhstan--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Tajikistan
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Venice
publisher
J. Pentius de Leucho
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
39
schema:longitude
71
extent
1 map ; 29 x 45 cm.
notes
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the west of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptholemae00ptol
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no
dcId
st74cx872
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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