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Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes : et relationes explosis aliorum fabulosis designationibus et narrationibus, adhibitis quoque veterum monumentis et recentiorum itinerariis descripta, et in partes suas methodicas IX divisa = Carte de l'Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des relations et observations : contenues dans les voyages modernes, de meme que dans les monumens des anciens, corrigée de tout ce qui sent la fable, et divisée en ses IX. parties methodiques
Title
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes : et relationes explosis aliorum fabulosis designationibus et narrationibus, adhibitis quoque veterum monumentis et recentiorum itinerariis descripta, et in partes suas methodicas IX divisa = Carte de l'Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des relations et observations : contenues dans les voyages modernes, de meme que dans les monumens des anciens, corrigée de tout ce qui sent la fable, et divisée en ses IX. parties methodiques / a I. Matth. Hasio ... ; designata a M. August Gottlob Boehmio.
Published
[Norimbergae?] : Impensis Homannianorum Heredum, 1744.
Physical Description
1 map : hand col. ; 45.5 x 52 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:26,000,000] ; Stereographic proj. (W 10⁰0ʹ0ʺ--W 170⁰0ʹ0ʺ/N 85⁰0ʹ0ʺ--S 10⁰0ʹ0ʺ).
Local Notes
BEIN 1983 Folio 23: Sheet measures 54.5 x 64.5 cm. No. 46 of 50 maps bound together.
Notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Decorative title cartouche depicts ruler sitting on throne, pointing with sceptre to chest of gold, with five figures surrounding him and one supplicating before him; with two figures in native dress reclined on right.
Prime meridian: Paris.
Sea of Korea referred to as "Mare orientale Minus."
Scales given in "milliar. Germanica," "milliar. Turcica," "vorstae Russic," "farsange Persic," "milliar. Indica," "miliar. Arabica," and "li Sinensia."
Variant and related titles
Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes
Carte de l'Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des relations et observations
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
Latin; French
Added to Catalog
January 05, 2010
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Also listed under
Homann Erben (Firm)
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