BÜNTING, Heinrich. Asia Secunda pars Terræ in Forma Pegasir. Magdeburg, 1581-, German edition.  The famous curiosity / fantasy map, and highly collectible antique map of Asia depicted as Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus. The head is Turkey and Armenia, the wings Scythia and Tartary, forelegs Arabia, hind legs India and the Malay Peninsula. The map appears in Bünting's Itinerarium, in which the author, a theologian, rewrote the Bible as an travel book. with other fantasy maps including the World as a cloverleaf and Europe as a queen.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Heinrich_B%C3%BCnting" class="extiw" title="w:en:Heinrich Bünting"><span title="German clergyman and cartographer">Heinrich Bünting</span></a>
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