File:BÜNTING, Heinrich. Asia Secunda pars Terræ in Forma Pegasir (Magdeburg, 1581).jpg

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Heinrich Bünting: Latina: Asia Secunda pars Terræ in Forma Pegasir   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Heinrich Bünting  (1545–1606)  wikidata:Q99420
 
Alternative names
Buntingus, Bunting, Pendingius
Description German theologian, geographer and chronicler
Date of birth/death 1545 Edit this at Wikidata 30 December 1606 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Hanover Hanover
Work period 1565 Edit this at Wikidata–1599 Edit this at Wikidata
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Hanover Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q99420
Title
Latina: Asia Secunda pars Terræ in Forma Pegasir
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English: BÜNTING, Heinrich. Asia Secunda pars Terræ in Forma Pegasir. Magdeburg, 1581-, German edition. The famous curiosity / fantasy map, and highly collectible antique map of Asia depicted as Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus. The head is Turkey and Armenia, the wings Scythia and Tartary, forelegs Arabia, hind legs India and the Malay Peninsula. The map appears in Bünting's Itinerarium, in which the author, a theologian, rewrote the Bible as an travel book. with other fantasy maps including the World as a cloverleaf and Europe as a queen.
Date 1581
date QS:P571,+1581-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium woodcut print. Backed with archivist's tissue.
Dimensions height: 370 mm (14.56 in); width: 300 mm (11.81 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,370U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,300U174789
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Notes Magdeburg
Source/Photographer Altea Gallery

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