PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Sexta Asie Tabula, [Ulm: Johann Reger for Justus de Albana], 1486, hand-coloured woodcut map, Latin text on verso, 350 x 570mm. [Stevens 41; Tibbets 8]

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Sexta Asie Tabula, [Ulm: Johann Reger for Justus de Albana], 1486, hand-coloured woodcut map, Latin text on verso, 350 x 570mm. [Stevens 41; Tibbets 8]

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First published in 1482, this issue of the map was printed (from the same block) for the Cosmographia. The unusual, and original, pale brown colouring of the sea is possibly to distinguish it from other editions. "An important and early map of the peninsula." [Stuart McMinn Catalogue]

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