File:PtolemaicMap.jpg
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Summary
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Lord Nicolas the German (Donnus Nicholas Germanus), cartographer Johann the Blockcutter of Armsheim (Johannes Schnitzer or Johannes de Armssheim), engraver |
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English: The world map from Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus's emendations to Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. Ptolemy's second projection. Français : Carte du monde par Ptolémée datant du 15ème siècle |
| Date | 1482 |
| Source/Photographer | Unknown source |
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| current | 19:18, 2 April 2007 | | 2,265 × 1,726 (6.42 MB) | World Imaging | Better image. Personal photograph. |
| 19:12, 2 April 2007 |  | 2,265 × 1,726 (5.86 MB) | World Imaging | Ptolemaic map, 16th century. |
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