PTOLEMAIC MAPS, 1598
 

A reconstructed overview map of the Ptolemaic view of the world by *Butler and Rhys, 1907*; CLICK ON THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN

The full series of 27 Ptolemaic maps by Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1598 (*title page*); and some of his modern maps:



PTOLEMAIC MODERN (1598)


*the World, in Ptolemaic style* =*the World depicted*
=*the two hemispheres (1600)*: *western, north half*; *western, south half*; *eastern, north half*; *eastern, south half*
=*world map for navigation (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*


*Asia I (Turkey)*
*Asia II (Scythia)*
*Asia III (Armenia)*
*Asia IV (the Holy Land)*
*Asia V (Persia)*
*Asia VI (Arabia)*
*Asia VII (Afghanistan)*
*Asia VIII (Central Asia)*
*Asia IX (Pakistan)*
*Asia X (India)*
*Asia XI (Southeast Asia)*
*Asia XII (Ceylon)*
*Asia (1598)*: *western and southern Asia*
*Asia (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southeast*

*eastern Asia (1598)*: *the western part of eastern Asia*

*the Moscovian empire (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*



*Africa I (northwest Africa)*
*Africa II (north central Africa)*
*Africa III (northeast Africa)*
*Africa IV (North Africa)*



*Europe*
*Europe I (Britain)*
*Europe II (Spain)*
*Europe III (France)*
*Europe IV (Germany)*
*Europe V (Balkans)*
*Europe VI (Italy)*
*Europe VII (Sardinia and Sicily)*
*Europe VIII (ancient Sarmatia)*
*Europe IX (northern Greece)*
*Europe X (Greece)*




*the Americas (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*


"Fine, original, copperplate engraved maps by Girolamo Porro, from Geografia Cioe Descrittione Vniversale Della Terra, edited by Giovanni Magini, translated into Italian by Leonardo Cernoti: Venice, 1598. First Italian edition. Dimensions: 5 3/8" x 7" (maps); 11 5/8" x 8 1/8" (overall). The maps in Magini's edition of Ptolemy's Geographiae included the first reduced-size versions of the maps in Mercator's atlas. The first edition of Magini's Geographiae was in Latin and was published in Venice in 1596. The maps in the present edition were struck from the same copper plates. Magini's edition of Ptolemy contains 27 Ptolemaic maps and 36 "modern" maps derived largely from Mercator."


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