Lot 625: Tabula Asi' VIII Central Asia Giacomo Gastaldi

Tabula Asi' VIII Central Asia Giacomo Gastaldi 1548 B+ (Size: 6.7 x 5 inches) "Gastaldi's Ptolemaic map of Central Asia includes the northern reaches of the Ganges in northern India. Numerous ancient kingdoms, many from myth and legend, are depicted. Magnus Tartarus is seated in his throne at upper right and a gruesome scene of cannibalism places Anthropophagi (man-eaters) north of Serica and the Anib' Mons. The map was published in the first pocket-... "