File:Laurent Fries. Tabula Tertia Asiae (Armenia and Caspian Region). 1522.jpg

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Laurent Fries
Author
Lorenz Fries  (1489–1532)  wikidata:Q1870126
 
Lorenz Fries
Description author, astrologer and physician
Date of birth/death 1489 Edit this at Wikidata 1532 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1870126
translated by Willibald Pirckheimer
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English: Laurent Fries's 1st edition of Ptolemy's 3rd Asian Map (Tabula Tertia Asiae), depicting Armenia Major, Albania, Colchis, and Iberia. One of the earliest obtainable maps of the region and one of the most strikingly engraved. Latin Text on the verso describes the map.
Date 1522
date QS:P571,+1522-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.

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