Sanson’s Map of Ancient Sarmatia Date of Publication_c.1705 Many maps are tremendously detailed

Many maps are tremendously detailed

This is a map of Asia as it was understood in the Greco-Roman world in classical antiquity

‘Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zur Wasser und zu Lande’

sheet size 50

after Guillaume de l’Isle

Sanson’s Map of Ancient Sarmatia Date of Publication_c.1705 Many maps are tremendously detailedSarmatia utraque Europaea et Asiatica This map shows parts of European Russia and Ukraine in antiquity. For Greco Roman geographers and ethnographers, Sarmatia was in western Scythia, bordering the Roman Empire. Nicolas Sanson (1600 1667), founder of the Sanson dynasty of map makers, is considered by many to be the father of the French school of cartography. He was a prolific and original map maker, admired for the clarity and scientific accuracy of