"[Palus Maeotica]", Solinus, Caius Julius
Subject: Ukraine & Sea of Azov
Period: 1538 (published)
Publication: C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor...
Color: Black & White
Size:
4.9 x 5.6 inches
12.4 x 14.2 cm
This scarce woodcut map by Sebastian Munster was published in Solinus' Polyhistor. It is centered on the Sea of Azov and includes ancient place names, exaggerated rivers, and rope-like mountains. The altar of Caesar is depicted north of the Sea of Azov. On a sheet of Latin text measuring 7.9 x 12.4".
Solinus was a Roman grammarian from the 3rd century who borrowed largely from Pliny's Natural History, reinterpreting it from a geographical perspective.
References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #285-17.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a bright sheet with minor soiling in the bottom margin.
