The Ptolemaic maps in the collection are reconstructed versions of maps based on the description of the world in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 100 AD).
Dr Cyrus Ala'i's Map Collection of Persia. Ptolemaic maps
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- ReferenceGB 102 MCA/01/01/01
- Dates of Creation[1513-1730]
- Language of MaterialPersian English Multiple languages
- Physical Description9 items
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Maps are arranged in chronological order. Each catalogue record gives the reference number and page number in the second edition of Dr Ala'i's book "General Maps of Persia"(Brill, 2010) for discussion of the map.
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