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Bernadus Sylvanus: Secunda Asiae Tabula [Ukraine and Russia]
Title: Secunda Asiae Tabula [Ukraine and Russia] Map Maker: Bernadus Sylvanus
Description: Sylvanus' map of Russia, Ukraine and the Black Sea region, one of the earliest obtainable maps of region and the first printed in two colors. The map appeared in Sylvanus' Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae . . ., publish in Venice in 1511. The Sylvanus edition of Ptolemy is one of the earliest to include maps with modern geographical updates. The map was printed on two plates and was printed back to back, such that the verso of the map has half ot two other maps on the verso, as issued.
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