Partia Extendit ult Yygri Usque ad Indu Fluvium u India t'miat et Claudit Itrase Assyriam; Eastern Mediterranean

by Johann after Vesconti Bongars, Petro

$3,850 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

Hanao, Germany: Johann Bongars, 1611. Map. Engraving in Eli Wilner gilt frame 14 3/8 by 18 . This outstanding rare engraved map of the Levant, including Cyprus, the Nile River, and Mesopotamia, is a remarkable historical artifact based on a 14th-century medieval portolan by Pietro Vesconte. The map is oriented with East at the top, following the traditional medieval cartographic convention. In very good condition

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