THE INHABITED WORLD ACCORDING TO STRABO

A printed color map representing the world according to the geography of Strabo. The landmass is depicted as an oblong island surrounded by the "Mare Externum" (External Sea) or "Oceanus". - Europe (green) shows Ierne (Ireland), Brettania, Iberia, Italia, Graecia, and Germania, with rivers like the Rhenus (Rhine), Albis (Elbe), and Ister (Danube). - Libya/Africa (red) shows the northern coast, the Nile region (Syene, Meroe), and the "Aethiopes Hesperii" to the south. - Asia (yellow) is the largest continent, featuring the Taurus mountain range, Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates), the Caspian Sea, Arabia Felix, India (with the Indus and Ganges rivers), and the Seres to the far east. - The Mediterranean is labeled "Mare Internum". - A grid of latitudes and longitudes (parallels and meridians) is overlaid on the map. - A scale in "Stadia" is provided at the bottom right.

Map Labels

Northern and Western Regions

• MARE EXTERNUM SIVE ATLANTICUM
• Ierne
• Brettania
• Cassiterides ins.
• Albus F.
• Rhenus F.
• Germania
• Scythae Orientales

Central Regions and Europe

• Iberia
• Sacrum pr.
• Massilia
• Italia
• Roma
• Graecia
• Peloponnesus
• Byzantium
• Illyricum
• Ister F.
• MARE INTERNUM
• Sicilia
• Carthago
• Pontus Euxinus
• Maeotis
• Tanais F.

Western and Southern Africa (Libya)

• LIBYA
• Alexandria
• Pelusium
• Heroonpolis
• Syene
• Meroe
• Aethiopes Hesperii
• Sinus Arabicus
• Regio Cinnamomifera

The East and Central Asia

• Caspium sive Hyrcanium Mare
• Taurus M.
• Iaxartes F.
• Oxus F.
• Sogdiana
• Bactriane
• Seres
• M. Emodus?
• Tamarum pr.
• Mesopotamia
• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Babylonia
• Susis
• Persis
• Aria
• Ariana
• Carmania
• Sinus Persicus
• Arabia Felix
• Mare Erythraeum

India and the Far East

• INDIA
• Indus F.
• Ganges F.
• Palimbothra
• Coniaci
• Taprobane

Southern Ocean

• MARE ATLANTICUM SIVE EXTERNUM OCEANUS

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