"[Title on Verso] Asiae Tabula Decima Continet Indiam intra Gangem", Waldseemuller/Fries

This woodblock map illustrates the Ptolemaic concept of the region between the deltas of the Indus and Ganges Rivers. The map is reduced from Martin Waldseemuller's map and presents the region with large mountain ranges, bold rivers and numerous place names. Following Ptolemy's outline, southern India is severely truncated and the northern tip of Taprobana appears incorrectly to the west of the subcontinent. Latin title and text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #211-24.

Condition: A

There are tiny worm holes along the centerfold in top and bottom blank margins, not affecting map.