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| Keywords: 1597 Ptolemy - Magini - Keschedt Map of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan - Geographicus - TabulaAsiaIX-magini-1597.jpg A scarce and unusual 1597 Ptolemaic map of what constitutes modern day Iran Pakistan and Afghanistan Presented on a trapezoidal projection with bold mountain ranges dividing the region This map was engraved by G Magini and G Porro based upon the 1561 Valgrisi/Ruscelli edition of Ptolemy ™s Geography Shortly after Magini issued his edition of the Geographiae in 1596 Petrus Keschedt a German publisher operating out of Cologne copied it and began issuing his own pirated editions In November of 1597 no less a figure than Abraham Ortelius spotted the pirate Ortelius informed Magini and in the face of legal action Keschedt stopped publishing the atlas until 1608 at which point he recut the plates and issued a new edition The 1596 Magini edition of Ptolemy ™s Geographiae was the first small format edition of Mercator ™s Atlas 1597 undated Size in 7 5 5 object history credit line accession number TabulaAsiaIX-magini-1597 <i>Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae absolutissimum opus duobus voluminibus distinctum In quorum priore habentur Cl Ptolomaei Pelusiensis Geographicae enarrationis Libri octo Quorum primus qui praecepta ipsius facultatis omnia complectitur commentariis uberrimis illustratus est a Io Antonio Magino Patavino </i> 1597 Keschedt edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of Pakistan Old maps of Afghanistan Old maps of Iran 1597 maps Ptolemaic Central Asia Maps by Giovanni Antonio Magini | ||||
