File:Bernadus Sylvanus. Tertia Asiae Tabula. (The Caucuses & Armenia). Venice 1511.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(800 × 612 pixels, file size: 153 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
Latina: Bernadi Sylvani Tertia Asiae Tabula ex Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini libro Geographicae.
English: The 3rd Asian Map, depicting the Caucasus and Armenia, from Bernardus Sylvanus's 1511 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, published in Venice. It is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region and the first printed in two colors. The Sylvanus edition of Ptolemy is one of the earliest to include maps with modern geographical updates. The map has been printed on two leaves, which have here been rejoined and backed with Japan paper on the verso.
Date Venice / 1511
Source Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Author Bernadus Sylvanus

Licensing

[edit]
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:42, 18 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 02:42, 18 May 2011800 × 612 (153 KB)Geagea (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description= {{la|1=Bernadus Sylvanus: Tertia Asiae Tabula. [The Caucuses & Armenia].}} {{en|1=Sylvanus' map of the Armenia, the Causus Mountains and the rgion between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and east of th

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bernadus_Sylvanus._Tertia_Asiae_Tabula._(The_Caucuses_%26_Armenia)._Venice_1511.jpg&oldid=822025586"