1525 PTOLEMY, C. - One of the earliest printed representations of India west of the Ganges River
Tabula X. Asiae hae sunt e cognitis totius orbis.
| Maker: | PTOLEMY, C. | |
| Date: | Lyons, M. Servetus, 1525 | |
| Colored: | Colored. | |
| Size: | 295 x 470 mm / 11.6 x 18.5 inches | |
| Condition: | Paper slightly age-toned and browned. Altogether in good condition for such an early map. | |
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The first issue of this engraving appeared in the 1522 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy's Geography, followed by subsequent editions in 1525, 1535, and 1541.
Many caravan routes, including the so-called Silk Road system, served the area.
Claudius Ptolemy (c. 85-165)
Claudius Ptolemaeus, better known as Ptolemy, was the most accomplished and influential astronomer of the ancient world, and his work dominated the field until the mid-17th century. He lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Almost nothing is known about Ptolemy's life, as historical sources from the time period are scarce. Today, Ptolemy is known almost exclusively through his work and they have influenced other thinkers over the centuries.Ptolemy wrote his Geographia around the year 150 AD which compiled existing knowledge about the world’s geography at the time. The work refered to a system of latitude and longitude, as well as a means of describing locations on earth based on astronomical observations from those areas. Ptolemy’s original maps from the work were never found, having presumably been lost over the years, but his work was descriptive enough that cartographers were able to recreate his observations in 1300 AD, and create the Ptolemy map.
His world map is notable for its probable role in the Roman expansion. Ptolemy’s idea of using a latitude and longitude system had a significant impact on the work of later cartographers.
Astronomy
There were many accomplished Greek astronomers before Ptolemy (and many Babylonian astronomers before them), but Ptolemy stands out because he wrote a complete treatise on the principles and techniques of astronomy, and that treatise survived to be translated into Arabic and Latin and shape the course of medieval and Renaissance astronomy. Ptolemy's book is often referred to as the Almagest, from an Arabic title meaning "the greatest," i.e., the largest of his astronomical treatises.
The Almagest was translated into Arabic during the Golden Age of Islam, and later, in the medieval West, into Latin, first from Arabic, and eventually from the original Greek, when Greek manuscripts became available in the Renaissance.
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