Asia by Heinrich Bunting - The work uses the phrase Persicus Sinus(Persian Gulf) c. 1590 Heinrich Bunting (1545 – 1606) was a Protestant pastor and theologian. He is best known for his book of woodcut maps titled Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture) first published in 1581. The title of this map is Asia Secunda Pars Terrae in Forma Pegasir (‘Asia, the Second Part of the Earth, in the Form of Pegasus‘). The winged horse of Greek mythology is the son of Poseidon and Medusa, was tamed by Athena and became the horse of the Muses. This obviously pagan origin of the image makes its appearance in a Holy Land travel book a bit of a mystery. Persia is delineated by the saddle-cloth: the left foreleg curves back on itself to contain the Persian Gulf.
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