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"Sinus Persicus". Orig. woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti in Basel, 1564. 14:16 cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inch.).

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Mela, Pomponius

Henric Petri

Basel

1564

"Sinus Persicus". Orig. woodcut from P. Mela's "De Orbis Situ Libri tres". Published by Henric Perti in Basel, 1564. 14:16 cm (5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inch.).

A miniature map of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula. - Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman geographer. He was born in Tingentera (now Algeciras) and died c. AD 45.

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