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Trapezoid projection of the Caspian Sea

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Septima Asiae Tabula

[PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius]
[Rome,
Petrus de Turre,
1490].
Double-page engraved map, on two sheets joined, with a watermark of an open 'T' within a circle in both sheets, large part of lower gutter skillfully repaired in facsimile, right hand margin with loss, skilfully repaired.
400 by 558mm. (15.75 by 22 inches).
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This striking map on a trapezoid projection shows the Caspian Sea and bordering countries.

Ptolemy's work was the first to draw a distinction between geography and chorography: between the mapping of countries and the mapping of regions within those countries. In the latter, the mapmaker should strive to recreate as closely as possible what the landscape actually looked like, explaining the perspective views of trees and mountains in this map.

A map fr...