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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 124 - closed 5/7/2008

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Lot #659: "Tabula Asiae XI" Ptolemy/Ruscelli

Antique map chart Tabula Asiae XI
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Estimate:
$200.00 - $275.00
This lot was withdrawn

Lot 659
By: Ptolemy/Ruscelli
Subject: Southeast Asia
Date: 1599

Publication: Geografia di Tolomeo

Condition: A
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Color: uncolored

Size: 8.8 x 7 inches
22.4 x 17.8 cm

Based on the interpretations of Solinus and Munster, this Ptolemaic map covers the region roughly of Thailand and Malaysia. An oddly shaped (Malaysian?) peninsula lies to the east of the Ganges River, then the China Sea (Sinus Magnus) and another landmass lies to the east of that. This depiction embodies the legacy of Ptolemy's idea of a landlocked Indian Ocean. This is the fourth edition by Girolamo Ruscelli, published by the heirs of Melchior Sessa, and edited by Giuseppe Rosaccio. Italian text on verso.

A dark impression on a sound sheet with a tiny repaired binding hole in the lower border.


Ref: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara, (Nordenskiold-2) #227-25.

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