Tabula svperioris Indiae et tartariæ maioris

Antique Maps of China

Tabula svperioris Indiae et tartariæ maioris

Lorenz Fries; Martin Waldseemüller

MAP 1535

1 map : hand col. ; 29 x 46 cm

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Covers China, India and Japan. This woodblock map was one of the earliest printed maps of the Asian region, engraved for Lorenz Fries' atlas, "Opus Geographiae", in 1522 and reissued in subsequent edition of 1535. In addition to the accounts of Marco Polo, much information of the maps was derived from contemporary European and Portuguese sources.

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Collection Antique Maps of China Map makers Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531 Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519 Geographic region Asia Additional titles Tabula superioris Indiae et tartariæ maioris Note Scale not given Relief shown pictorially Title taken from captions on verso Attributed to L. Fries and M. Waldseemuller Probably from Ptolemy's Geographicae enarrationis libri octo. 1535 Woodblock print. Latin text on verso On verso: 43 Language Latin Call number G7400 1522 .F68 DOI 10.14711/spcol/b670908

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Tabula svperioris Indiae et tartariæ maioris

Lorenz Fries; Martin Waldseemüller

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