Sexta Asiae tabula

Sexta Asiae tabula Asiae Ptolemy active 2nd century Silvani, Bernardo. cartographic map cartographic image Maps. it Venice J. Pentius de Leucho 1511 monographic lat 1 map ; 30 x 46 cm Map of Arabian Peninsula without title seems to be copied from previous maps of Ptolemy.The tropic of Cancer is drawn as thick line crossing almost at the centre of the peninsula. Bastard ghotic lettering used. Map of the Arabian Peninsula. 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. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01186 Print Map Item-ID: i11404413 BIB-ID: 1172784 Text in Latin. ar----- Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000] (E 72.00°--E 104.00°/N 31.00°--N 10.00°). Arabian Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis et uniuersali figura Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511 777851650 aacr BRL 120222 20131222012939.0 ocn777851650 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng