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Source Description
Map of land east of the Ganges. The map shows the region of southeast Asia with the Ganges River in the west, the "Sinae" (China) in the east, and southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and China Sea.
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Document identity
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9g54xj654
label
Tabula XI Asiae
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
9g54xj654
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Tabula XI Asiae
description
Map of land east of the Ganges. The map shows the region of southeast Asia with the Ganges River in the west, the "Sinae" (China) in the east, and southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and China Sea.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007996
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
India--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bangladesh--Maps--Early works to 1800
Thailand--Maps--Early works to 1800
Burma--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Bangladesh
India
Myanmar
Thailand
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
India
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
20
schema:longitude
77
extent
1 map ; 27 x 29 cm.
notes
Map of land east of the Ganges. The map shows the region of southeast Asia with the Ganges River in the west, the "Sinae" (China) in the east, and southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, and China Sea.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margins: latitudinal notes.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles.
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/claudiiptolemaei00ptol
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9g54xj654
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map
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