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Source Description
Woodcut map of Europe, based on Ptolemy, from the first edition of the Nuremburg chronicle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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ht250399b
label
Europe
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ht250399b
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Europe
description
Woodcut map of Europe, based on Ptolemy, from the first edition of the Nuremburg chronicle.
date
["[1493?]"]
year
1493
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_016334
creators
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Incunabula--Specimens--Maps
Europe--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Nuremberge
publisher
Anthonius Koberger
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
56.2
schema:longitude
15.016
extent
1 map ; 40 x 58 cm
notes
Woodcut map of Europe, based on Ptolemy, from the first edition of the Nuremburg chronicle.
Relief shown pictorially.
From: Liber chronicarum, 12 July 1493.
Text in Latin in 1 column on folio 2 recto. Imprint in Latin in 1 column on folio 2 verso.
In upper right of verso: CCXCIX.
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no
dcId
ht250399b
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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