File:Armeniamap3.jpg

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Description
English: Ptolemy's 3rd Asian Map, showing Tartaria = Scythia, Hyperborea, Armenia maior, Armenia minor, Syria, Pontus Euxinus, Taurica, Volga flumen, Colchis, Iberia, Albania, Media, Capadocia, etc.
Detailed map of the region from the Volga and the Caspian to the Black Sea, extending North of the Caucus Mountains to Deuina and Uglitz. Also shows the Don and the Euphrates. Munster's Cosmography was one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century. It was published in a number of editions over a half century and was continuously revised and updated to include new illustrations and updated information.
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Source www.armenica.org – file
Author
Sebastian Münster (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
Alternative names
Sebastian M. Münster; Sebastian Muenster; Sebastiano Munstero
Description German cartographer and scholar
Date of birth/death 20 January 1488 Edit this at Wikidata 26 May 1552 / 26 May 1552 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ingelheim am Rhein Basel Edit this at Wikidata
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Basel; Heidelberg Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q61073
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