From Gerard Mercator's edition of 'Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum'. It was in 1578 that one of the worlds greatest cartographers put out an edition of the earliest surviving geographical treatise. This map shows north eastern Europe and Russia. With an attractive scene of a camp upper right. The map extends southwards to the Black Sea. Koeman Me 5; Nordenskiold 234; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 384; Shirley BL T.Ptol-11a & 11k; Van der Krogt, P. (Atlantes) 1:501.