File:Ptolemy Cosmographia Sarmatia+Rha-river.jpg

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Description The 2nd Asian Map (Secunda Asiae Tabula), depicting Asiatic Sarmatia (Sarmatia Asiatica), from Ptolemy's Geography
Date 15th century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Author Ptolemy
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current07:37, 18 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 07:37, 18 February 20081,536 × 1,180 (489 KB)Vissarion (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Map of Sarmatia and Rha river (modern Russia and Volga) |Source=[http://soltdm.com/sources/mss/ptol/imags/sarmas1.jpg] |Date=XV c. |Author=after Ptolemy (Geographia): 1st/2nd centuy AD) |Permission={{PD-Art}} |other_versions= }}

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