Vintage Historical Map Print
A vintage 1965 print (illustration) depicting:
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Map of 'Indiae (India) Tabula Moderna" as it appeared in the Strassburg 1522 printing of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia.
The Southeast Asia map depicted in this print was published in a 1522 (or 1525) edition of Claudius Ptolemy’s "Geographia". This atlas allowed the reader to spatially orient religious beliefs and mythologies. Showing part of India, this particular map featured a pictorial rendering of the "Daksha yajna," an important event in Hindu scripture.
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Claudius
Ptolemy (fl. AD 127-145) was an ancient geographer, astronomer, and
mathematician. He is known today through translations and transcriptions of his
work, but little is known about his life besides his residence in Alexandria,
Egypt.
Several of his
works are still known today, although they have passed through several
alterations and languages over the centuries. His geographic and cartographic
work was immensely influential. In the Planisphaerium,
Ptolemy discusses the stereographic projection.
One of his best-known
work is his Geographia,
in eight books. The print for sale here depicts an ancient map from these volumes.
In 1295, a
Greek monk found a copy of Geographia
in Constantinople; the emperor ordered a copy made and the Greek text began to
circulate in eastern Europe. In 1393, a Byzantine diplomat brought a copy of
the Geographia to
Italy, where it was translated into Latin in 1406 and called the Cosmographia. The manuscript
maps were first recorded in 1415.
The vintage 1965 print offered here depicts a 1522 Ptolemy map published in Strassburg, Germany.
NOTE: Any
imperfections in this print are those that appear in the original map(s).
Size:
Approximately 8.5" X 11"
Blank on Reverse
Condition: Excellent - Very Good++ - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)
This vintage map print isn't Perfect but close - Superficial handling wear & aging
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Item #424-M269 |