File:Woodcut map of central Asia, Tabula Asiae VIII - Sebastian Münster, 1540.jpg

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English: Woodcut map of central Asia, Ptolemy's 8th Regional Map of Asia (Tabula Asiae VIII). Scythia extra Imaum and Serica, land of the Seres.
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Source Ptolemy's Geography, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Author Sebastian Münster
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