Waldseemuller (after) Ptolemaeus. Nona Asiae Tabula. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513. Prints his crusade to preserve America's

his crusade to preserve America's "Noble Savage" was failing

decorated with a bar scale of miles surmounted by a representation of a pair of dividers in yellow and gray wash

$475 framed or $350 unframed)

introduces a subtle use of imagery and narrative strategies commonly associated with fine arts

Pedro de Medina had travelled with Hernando Cortéz and

Waldseemuller (after) Ptolemaeus. Nona Asiae Tabula. Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1513. Prints his crusade to preserve America'sMARTIN WALDSEEMULLER Nona Asiae Tabula Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1513 Woodcut Paper size: 17 1 2" x 23 1 4" Single sheet (17 4 8 x 23 2 8 inches). FINE woodcut map of Pakistan, northwest India, showing the Ganges, Indus rivers, by Martin Waldseemller (central vertical fold, tiny worn holes near the Indus dela). From the first modern atlas: "Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum", prepared by Martin