SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1652)
ASIAE TABVLA Vlll 1540 (45)
Woodcut from Munster's edition of Geographia Universalis, Basel, Henri Petri. 1545 edition of Ptolemy. Shows ancient Scythia Extra, India Gangen, Tartary: present day central Asia, Northern India, Pakistan and Southwest China. With the usual centerfold, some minor soiling and minor foxing at upper sheet edges. 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches, sheet 11 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches. The map is enhanced by wonderful decorative monsters from medieval legends. One of the classic monster maps.
