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Source Description
Map of the ancient Scythian lands in modern day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
st74cz35h
label
Tabula III Asiae
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cz35h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Tabula III Asiae
description
Map of the ancient Scythian lands in modern day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007988
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Armenia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Azerbaijan--Maps--Early works to 1800
Caucasus, South--Maps--Early works to 1800
Georgia (Republic)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Armenia
Asia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Transcaucasia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Armenia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
40
schema:longitude
45
extent
1 map ; 28 x 35 cm.
notes
Map of the ancient Scythian lands in modern day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margins: climatic and 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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dcId
st74cz35h
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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