The world
Item Information
- Title:
- The world
- Creator:
- Ptolemy, active 2nd century
- Contributor:
- Holle, Leinhart
- Contributor:
- Schnitzer, Johannes
- Date:
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[1482]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- Phillips Academy
- Collection (local):
-
Sidney R. Knafel Map Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover MA
- Subjects:
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World maps
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand col. ; 40 x 56 cm.
- Terms of Use:
-
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Publisher:
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[Ulm] :
[Leinhart Holle]
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:35,000,000]
- Language:
-
Latin
- Notes:
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Prime meridian: Ferro.
Title supplied by cataloger.
At head of map: Insculptum est per Iohane Schnitzer de Armszheim.
From the 4th edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia.
Includes ill. of windheads.
- Notes (date):
-
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 10
Suarez, T. Shedding the veil, 6
- Identifier:
-
1446