TABULA ASIAE X
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Attractive and interesting example of Gastaldi's important map of part of India and the Indian Ocean, extending north to the sources of the Indus and Ganges Rivers, based upon Ptolemy.
Many place names !
Snake Bird etc right hand side of map
Uncoloured as issued
Rare map in very good condition.
Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 has been called the most comprehensive atlas produced between Martin Waldseemüller's Geographiae of 1513, and the Abraham Ortelius Theatrum of 1570. Gastaldi's maps were beautifully engraved on copper.
code : M4130
Cartographer : Gastaldi.G
Date : 1548 Venice
Size : 13.5*18 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold