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Document identity
localId
7h14b0956
label
Septima Asia tabula continet Margianam, Bactrianam, Sogdianos, Sacas & Scythiam intra Imaū mōtē
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h14b0956
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Septima Asia tabula continet Margianam, Bactrianam, Sogdianos, Sacas & Scythiam intra Imaū mōtē
description
Title from verso.
date
["[1482]"]
year
1482
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_000860
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Hol, Lienhart
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
Ulm
publisher
Lienhart Hol
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
39
schema:longitude
71
extent
1 map : col. ; 27 x 45 cm.
notes
Title from verso.
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the west of the Pamir Mountain range.
Relief shown by brown coloring.
Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: notes on latitude.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482.
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://www.archive.org/details/cosmographia00ptol
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dcId
7h14b0956
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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