Girolamo Ruscelli

A fine example of Girolamo Ruscelli’s Tabula Asiae XI. This map appeared in the 1574 edition of Ruscelli’s “Geographia” which based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy.

“Tabula Asiae XI” is based entirely on Claudius Ptolemy’s geographical work and bears the hallmarks of the Greek scholar’s methodology, a scientific and mathematical approach to presenting geography, with latitude and longitude lines crisply engraved, providing a grid-like structure for the detailed content within.

Tabula Asiae XI