Sixth Map of Asia. (Tabvla Sexta De Asia) 1482

Old map of Bahrain, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

-literally, "fish eaters." It is accurately located on the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf. However the island of Tyllo (or Tylos, present-day Bahrain), which should be across from Qatar, is too far east, near the Strait of Hormuz. Boundaries are shown as thick double lines. Mountains are represented as slabs and shaded; they have a double outline, perhaps an attempt to indicate height. The indentures of the coastline, the lines of rivers, and outlines of the mountains have a characteristic semi-circular appearance. Nomenclature is approximately the same as in the 1478 edition of Geographia printed in Rome. The engraver is unknown, but scholars have suggested that it was Francesco Rosselli, one of the most important engravers in Florence at the time. Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and astrologer who was born in the late first century, most likely in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou in Roman Egypt. He lived in Egypt and died in Alexandria around the year 168. Berlinghieri, a Florentine scholar and diplomat, was the first modern European to interpret, expand upon, and republish the works of Ptolemy.

Created by Francesco Berlinghieri, 2nd Century Ptolemy in 1482.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 1 map : woodcut ; 29 x 48 centimeters.
• Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
• Content in Latin.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Tags

1482

2nd Century Ptolemy

83 To 168

Arabian Gulf

Arabian Peninsula

Bahrain

Francesco Berlinghieri

Iran Islamic Republic Of

Jordan

Kuwait

Map

Oman

Persian Gulf

Qatar

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Yemen