Russia / Ukraine

Mouse over image to zoom. [ R001 ] Mapmaker: Ptolemy (Florence) Title: Tabula Secunda De Asia (Western Russia) Date: 1482 Size: 37x41cm. Price: £9000 Condition: Fine. (Extreme left: Bosphorous and a triangular Black Sea. Extreme right:: northern tip of the Caspian sea and the Volga river.)
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