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Persia Iran map Persiae Regnum Magini Ptolemaeus 1598

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Map of the Persian Empirebased on Ptolemaeus Claudius.

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Persiae Regnum Persia Old Iran map Magini/Ptolemaeus 1598orum Imperum.


Description: Early Antique map of the Persian Empire including the Caspian Sea and surrounded countries based on Ptolemaeus Claudius earlier maps.

Cartographer:
Giovanni Antonio Magini (in Latin, Maginus) (June 13, 1555 – February 11, 1617) was an Italian astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician.

He was born in Padua, and completed studies in philosophy in Bologna in 1579.
His father was Pasquale Magini, a citizen of Padua.
Dedicating himself to astronomy, in 1582 he wrote Ephemerides coelestium motuum, translated into Italian the following year.
Published by Galignani, P & F., Padua 1621.
Origin: Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae absolutissimum opus, duobus voluminibus distinctum, ... Antonio Magino Patavino Ptolemaeus, Claudius; Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Size:
Sheet app.: 20 x 30 cm. 8 x 12 inches.
Image app: 17 x 13 cm. 6.75 x 5 inches.
Condition: Very good.
A Certificate of Authenticity ( COA ) will be supplied on request.