Keywords: Cornelis De Jode. Primae Partis Asiae accurata delineatio. 1579-Caspian Sea.jpg Cornelis De Jode Primae Partis Asiae accurata delineatio ¦ shows Cyprus First State en First edition of De Jode's highly desirable map of the region bounded by the Black Sea and Mediterranean in the West and Afganistan and Central Asia in the East Cyprus is prominently shown in the Eastern Mediterranean The 579 edition of the map pre-dates the appearance of the name Meotis in the Mare de le Zabache Sea of Azov Palus Meotis was the ancient name for Sea of Azof with references to the name dating back to Strabo and before De Jode's was a contemporary of Ortelius His Speculum Orbis did not enjoy the same commercial success as Ortelius making his maps very scarce and highly desirable This map was engraved by the van Deutecum brothers and is based upon an earlier map by Gastaldi Cornelis_De_Jode _Primae_Partis_Asiae_accurata_delineatio _1579 jpg 50 1579 Cornelis de Jode geagea Cornelis_De_Jode _Primae_Partis_Asiae_accurata_delineatio _1579 jpg PD-old-100-1923 ImageNote 1 130 207 196 24 695 363 2 Mare Caspivm ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 115 112 294 31 695 363 2 Mare Chuuali Como riae ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 177 234 129 24 695 363 2 Mare d Bachu ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 377 199 173 40 695 363 2 Mare Coruzum ImageNoteEnd 4 1579 maps Cornelis de Jode Caspian Sea Johannes van Deutecum |