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Title: Tabula Asiae X.

• Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
• Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Dates

• Issued: 1540
• Coverage: 1540
• Coverage: 1540 to 1540

Publishers

• Apud Henricum Petrum; Basiliae

Summary

Cartographic Details: Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Ptolemy's Geographia universalis, 1540 edition, revised & edition by Sebastian M ünster. Latin text and page no. on verso: Asiae X. tabula ... 26. This map summarizes Ptolemaic cartography of India and part of Bangladesh. It was the tenth in a sequence of 12 maps of Asia as described by the 2nd century Egyptian cartographer, Claudius Ptolemy.

24 x 32 centimeters

Scale not given.

Ames Library of South Asia Maps

Subjects

• Bangladesh Maps Early Works to 1800
• India Maps Early Works to 1800
• Early Maps
• 2022-creator-sprint
• Bangladesh
• India
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (68.15,92.95,25.45,6.73)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

• Access rights: Public
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Citation

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Tabula Asiae X.. Apud Henricum Petrum; Basiliae. https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll246:131

Format

JPEG

Languages

• lat