Caucasus (Asiae Nova Descriptio 1574)
A fragment of the 1570 Asiae Nova Descriptio map by Giacomo Gastaldi showing the Caucasus
- Date
- 1570–2010
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Giacomo Gastaldi (c. 1500-1566) *Asiae_Nova_Descriptio_1574.JPG: Gastaldi, Giacomo *derivative work: Kober ( talk )
- Place
- Armenia
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 1,143 × 871 pixels
Public domain
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.
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Credit line
"Caucasus (Asiae Nova Descriptio 1574)" (1570–2010). Giacomo Gastaldi (c. 1500-1566) *Asiae_Nova_Descriptio_1574.JPG: Gastaldi, Giacomo *derivative work: Kober ( talk ), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caucasus_(Asiae_Nova_Descriptio_1574).JPGNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 296733.
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