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Source Description
Map of the Balkan Peninsula.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9g54xj86w
label
Ta. moder. Bossinae, Serviae, Graeciae, et Sclavoniae
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9g54xj86w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Ta. moder. Bossinae, Serviae, Graeciae, et Sclavoniae
description
Map of the Balkan Peninsula.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_008008
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Greece--Maps--Early works to 1800
Albania--Maps--Early works to 1800
Macedonia (Republic)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Serbia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bosnia and Hercegovina--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kosovo (Republic)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Romania--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bulgaria--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Europe
Greece
Macedonia (ancient)
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Albania
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
41
schema:longitude
20
extent
1 map ; 32 x 38 cm.
notes
Map of the Balkan Peninsula.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles.
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/claudiiptolemaei00ptol
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no
dcId
9g54xj86w
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
c7467a4b31b6087c