A 16th century woodcut map of the world according to Ptolemy

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Altera Generalis Tab. Secundum Ptol.
Basle, c.1550, Latin text edition. Coloured woodcut. 260 x 340mm.

Minor repairs at centre fold.

Munster's Ptolemaic world map, with Africa extending into the Terra Incognita, land-locking the Indian Ocean. Featuring a very ornate border depicting the winds as puffing putti. Claudius Ptolemy ( 83 -161 AD ) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer, considered to be the most influential cartographer of the ancient world.

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