Ptolemy / G.A. Magini

LJ 0138

Tartary, Japan, Alaska

"Tartariae Imperium"

Map of Tartary, with China, Japan, the Bering Strait and Alaska. Page of a book.

Coloured copper engraving after A. Ortelius (see LJ 0238), from a 'Geographia' after Ptolemy by Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617), Padua 1596, a whole page with text and the map, size of the map: 14,7 x 18 cm.

Paper outside of the map a little bit stained. Map in a perfect condition.

€ 450,-

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