lettered by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
Place · label

Serica

Classical name for the silk-producing land in the far east

On the old maps

Maps that name Serica.

Map: Geography (Cosmographia), Rome 1478 edition, copper-engraved maps including Septima and…, Ptolemy, Rome, 14781478Ptolemy, RomeGeography (Cosmographia), Rome 1478 edition, copper-engraved…Map: Tabula Asiae VIII, Gastaldi, 15481548GastaldiTabula Asiae VIII

3 sources and maps name this place

  1. 1478exact year
    Geography (Cosmographia), Rome 1478 edition, copper-engraved maps including Septima and Octava Asiae Tabula…
    MPtolemycompilationM045
  2. 1482exact year
    Cosmographia
    MPtolemycompilationM031
  3. 1548exact year
    Tabula Asiae VIII
    MPtolemycompilationM091