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Source Description
Ptolemaic world map.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
st74cx52z
label
[The World]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx52z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
[The World]
description
Ptolemaic world map.
date
["1511"]
year
1511
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007940
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
1511
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Venice
publisher
J. Pentius de Leucho
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; 27 x 53 cm.
notes
Ptolemaic world map.
Relief shown pictorially.
Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type.
Shows named national or geographical regions, rivers, mountains, deserts, seas.
In margin: climactic notes and zodiacal signs.
Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptholemae00ptol
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st74cx52z
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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