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Source Description
Map of ancient Gedrosian and Drangianan lands in modern day Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
st74cx91n
label
Nona Asiae tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx91n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nona Asiae tabula
description
Map of ancient Gedrosian and Drangianan lands in modern day Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
date
["1511"]
year
1511
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007965
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Iran--Maps--Early works to 1800
Afghanistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Pakistan--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Afghanistan
Asia
Iran
Pakistan
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Iran
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Venice
publisher
J. Pentius de Leucho
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
32
schema:longitude
53
extent
1 map ; 35 x 27 cm.
notes
Map of ancient Gedrosian and Drangianan lands in modern day Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
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
st74cx91n
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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4253a4462780fac1