Ptolemy's map of Asia, 2nd century


Ptolemy's map of South East Asia from 'Geographia'. The text labels are in Latin, and this map is titled 'Tabula XI Asiae'. This 1482 atlas was a translation of Ptolemy's original work from Greek to Latin. Claudius Ptolemaeus, also known as Ptolemy, was an astronomer and geographer who lived in the 2nd century in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt.


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