1574 Ruscelli Ptolemy Map of India - Tabula Asiae X Start Price USD 275.00 Current Price USD 275.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Successful Worldwide Shipping From Melbourne See more about '1574 Ruscelli Ptolemy Map of India - Tabula Asiae X' Description Helpful Links:Company Details - About ME PageView seller's other itemsAsk Seller a questionCartographer's ProfilePayment & Shipping OptionsAbout Classical Images Click to enlarge Please visit our Ebay Stores where we have a large range of cost effective Maps & Prints on offer Click Here   Tabula Asiae X click to enlarge This mid 16th century Ptolemy map of India and Central Asia was published in the 1574 edition of Girolamo Ruscelli`s La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo translated from the text of Claude Ptolemy (see below).These maps are in fine condition, a deep impression on sturdy and evenly age toned paper. Girolamo Ruscellis Italian translation of Ptolemy's Geographia revised by Giovanni Malombra, contained 27 maps based on the text of Ptolemy and 38 maps of The Modern World by Ruscelli published in 1574. The 38 modern maps also include two of the earliest maps of North America and its regions, Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova the second printed map of the southern coastline of the United States, which is now Texas, Mexico and Central America, with California as a peninsular; based on Gastaldis maps of 1548 and Tierra Nueva also based on the same Gastaldi map of 1548 of the east coast of North America from Carolina to Labrador. Claude Ptolemy (AD 87 150) was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer, who lived in Alexandria and assembled and codified his predecessors' cartographic theories including those of Marinus of Tyre (c. AD 120) to whom he was especially indebted. In about AD 150 he published his Geographia, a work in 8 volumes, supposedly illustrated with a world map, 26 regional maps and a profusion of smaller maps. Although the text of the Geographia survived, no maps older than about the twelfth century have come down to us and, in consequence, we have no means of knowing whether the 'Ptolemy' maps on which we set so much store were, in fact, drawn by him or were the interpretations of later map makers using his text as a basis. (Ref; Tooley; M&B) Please note all items auctioned are genuine, we do not sell reproductions. A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) can be issued on request.    Condition Report General Description:Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stablePaper color: - off whiteAge of map color: - Colors used: - General color appearance: - Paper size: - 12in x 9in (305mm x 230mm)Plate size: - 10 1/4n x 7 ½in; (260mm x 190mm)Margins: - Min ½in (12mm) Imperfections:Margins: - NonePlate area: - NoneVerso: - NoneOverall Quality (in Bold):Perfect/Fine/Very Good/Good/Fair/Poor  Girolamo Ruscelli c. 1504-66 Ruscelli was editor of a revised and expanded edition of Ptolemy's Geographia which was issued in Venice five times several times between 1561 and the end of the century. The newly engraved maps were based, generally, on those compiled by Giacomo Gastaldi for the Venice edition of 1548.   Visa MasterCard Bankcard *PayPal Direct Bank Transfers & AUS$ Bank Drafts Please contact me to discuss other forms of payment Please also contact me before the end of the auction if you would like to discuss payment by instalments over an agreed period *(Please email your CC#, Expiry Date, full name on card & shipping address in two separate emails or alternatively you can fax or phone to the numbers below.)Australian buyers please add 10% GST    Shipping WorldwideAustralia Air Mail Courier1 Courier2* Express Insurance $10.00 US $30.00 US $12.00 US   2.75% min $6.00 US       $6.00 US 2.75% min $4.00 US *Courier #2: Available for all items 11in x 8 1/2in (280mm x 215mm) or smaller flat or folded along original folds There will be only one shipping charge per 10 maps or prints purchased. 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