Tabula Asiae VII

Ptolemy/Giovanni Magini Claudius ( 1555 - 1617 ) Padua

Verlag: Artist: Ptolemy/Giovanni Magini Claudius ( - 1617 ) Paduaissued in: unknown; - Giovanni Antonio Magini was an italian astronomer astrologer cartographer and mathematician In 1592 he issued "De Planis Triangulis" by describing the Quadrant Magini also maufactured an atlas of Italy which has been issued by his son in 1620 The moon craterMagnius was named after Magini Claudius Ptolemy ( arround 100- 160 aC) Geographia gives a list of geographic coordinates of spherical longitude and latitude of almost ten thousand point locations on the earth surface as they were known at his times The list is organized in Tabulae which cor- respond to specific regions of the three known continents at that time Africa Asia and Europe Research on Ptolemy?s Geog, 1555

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Missing part at lower centerfold replaced, size (in cm): 13 x 17 cm cm; - Map shows the Caspian Sea and partly Asia Minor with the countries Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India and Kazakhstan. Verso title "Asiae Tabula VI." 22 with description and index. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AST0372_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tabula Asiae VII
Verlag: Artist: Ptolemy/Giovanni Magini Claudius ( - 1617 ) Paduaissued in: unknown; - Giovanni Antonio Magini was an italian astronomer astrologer cartographer and mathematician In 1592 he issued "De Planis Triangulis" by describing the Quadrant Magini also maufactured an atlas of Italy which has been issued by his son in 1620 The moon craterMagnius was named after Magini Claudius Ptolemy ( arround 100- 160 aC) Geographia gives a list of geographic coordinates of spherical longitude and latitude of almost ten thousand point locations on the earth surface as they were known at his times The list is organized in Tabulae which cor- respond to specific regions of the three known continents at that time Africa Asia and Europe Research on Ptolemy?s Geog
Erscheinungsdatum: 1555