world map for navigation
PTOLEMAIC MAPS, 1598 A reconstructed overview map of the Ptolemaic view of the world by *Butler and Rhys, 1907*; CLICK ON THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN The full series of 27 Ptolemaic maps by Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1598 (*title page*); and some of his modern maps: PTOLEMAIC MODERN (1598) *the World, in Ptolemaic style* =*the World depicted* =*the two hemispheres (1600)*: *western, north half*; *western, south half*; *eastern, north half*; *eastern, south half* =*world map for navigation (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast* *Asia I (Turkey)* *Asia II (Scythia)* *Asia III (Armenia)* *Asia IV (the Holy Land)* *Asia V (Persia)* *Asia VI (Arabia)* *Asia VII (Afghanistan)* *Asia VIII (Central Asia)* *Asia IX (Pakistan)* *Asia X (India)* *Asia XI (Southeast Asia)* *Asia XII (Ceylon)* *Asia (1598)*: *western and southern Asia* *Asia (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southeast* *eastern Asia (1598)*: *the western part of eastern Asia* *the Moscovian empire (1600)*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast* *Africa I (northwest Africa)* *Africa II (north central Africa)* *Africa III (northeast Africa)* *Africa IV (North Africa)* *Europe* *Europe I (Britain)
- Date
- 1596
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Girolamo Porro
- Place
- Antarctica
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 800 × 600 pixels
Public domain
Reason: its maker died long enough ago that the copyright has expired.
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Credit line
"world map for navigation" (1596). Girolamo Porro, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:*world_map_for_navigation_(1600).jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 21376.
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