After bookprinting became possible this work was widely known. Just looking at this map arouses interesting thoughts of this area and its history. The cartouche in the upper left describes the ancient folk known as Sogdianer while the cartouche in the upper right describes the Margianer who lived east of the Caspian Sea. The cartouche in the lower right tells about the Scythier who inhabited the northern region and supposedly spread much further west into central Europe. Notice that in the southeast is part of northern India.
Condition is almost Very Good.
Published in Basel 1574. The original map was drawn by Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer born in Tingentera, Spain. After bookprinting became possible this work was widely known. In the northwest is part of Armenia. In the middle is the Persian empire and ancient Hyrcania is in the northwest.