Valgrisi, Vicenzo. Tabula Asiae VI.

Venedig, Valgrisi, 1562.

230:325 mm. Engraved map.

 1,500.00

An early Ptolemaic map, showing "the mountains as lightly shaded slopes. The map includes details on towns and watercourses. The Arabian Gulf is distorted and the size of the watercourses is exaggerated" (Al Ankary).

References

Al Ankary 147.Tibbetts 30. Not in the Al-Quasimi collection.

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