Arabische Halbinsel - Ptolemäus - Mercator
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Near East - Arabian Peninsula
"Asiae Tabula VI."
Map of the Arabian Peninsula between the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea; at lower right decorative cartouche.
Orig. coloured copper engraving by Gerardus Mercator after Claudius Ptolemy, from the first cartographic part of the Cosmography of Gerardus Mercator, printed and published by G. Kempen, 1st edition, Cologne 1578, 34,5 x 46,5 cm.
Paper a little bit stained, otherwise perfect condition.
Ref.: Koeman Vol. II, Me 1, without privilege
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