Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Arabia

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Asiae VI. Tab:
Amsterdam: Jodocus Hondius, 1605. Coloured. 340 x 485mm.

Mercator's Ptolemaic map of Arabia, with the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. It has an elaborate strapwork cartouche in the bottom right hand corner containing Latin text explaining the units of measurement used.
From the first Hondius edition of Mercator's Ptolemaic atlas, 'Tabulae Geographicae Cl: Ptolomei ad mentem auctoris restitutae et emendatae'.

TIBBETTS (40); KOEMAN Me 3.
Stock ID : 22706