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Source Description
Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, Africa, and part of South America.
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Document identity
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9g54xk08q
label
Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta 1522 L.F
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
9g54xk08q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta 1522 L.F
description
Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, Africa, and part of South America.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_008021
creators
Fries, Lorenz, ca. 1490-1531
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Eastern Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Africa
Asia
Europe
Oceania
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
56.2
schema:longitude
15.016
extent
1 map ; 28 x 45 cm.
notes
Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, Africa, and part of South America.
Reduced version of the corresponding map in Waldseemüller's atlas of 1513.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
Fries' map is the first world map in an edition of Ptolemy to include the name America.
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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9g54xk08q
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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