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Source Description
Map of the British Isles, including Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
st74cx54h
label
Prima Europae tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx54h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Prima Europae tabula
description
Map of the British Isles, including Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
date
["1511"]
year
1511
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007941
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
British Isles--Maps--Early works to 1800
Ireland--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
British Isles
Europe
Ireland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Venice
publisher
J. Pentius de Leucho
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
54
schema:longitude
-4
extent
1 map : col. ; 37 x 42 cm.
notes
Map of the British Isles, including Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales.
Relief shown pictorially.
Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: notes on latitude.
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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no
dcId
st74cx54h
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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