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Tabula orientalis regionis, Asiae scilicet - Antique map

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Asia."Tabula orientalis regionis, Asiae scilicet extremas complectens terras & regna". Orig. woodcut from S. Münster's Cosmographia. Published by H. Petri in Basel, 1559. With Latin title abov the map, a sea-creature and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm...

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Münster, Sebastian

Henric Petri

Basel

1559

Asia."Tabula orientalis regionis, Asiae scilicet extremas complectens terras & regna". Orig. woodcut from S. Münster's Cosmographia. Published by H. Petri in Basel, 1559. With Latin title abov the map, a sea-creature and a mermaid. 27:34,5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch.).

One of the earliest printed maps of the whole continent of Asia, based on the recent geographical discoveries by Portuguese navigators. - Centerfold expertly repaired with Japanese paper.


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