Tabula IX Europae

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Tabula IX Europae

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Title:
Tabula IX Europae
Title (alt.):
Europae tabula nona
Creator:
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
Date:
1525
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Europe, Eastern--Maps--Early works to 1800
Greece--Maps--Early works to 1800
Albania--Maps--Early works to 1800
Macedonia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Romania--Maps--Early works to 1800
Hungary--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bulgaria--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Eastern Europe (area)
Albania
Greece
Macedonia (ancient) (former primary political entity)
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Extent:
1 map ; 29 x 43 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:3,500,000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Map of the southern Balkan Peninsula, including northern Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: climatic and latitudinal notes.
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
Identifier:
06_01_007980
Call #:
G1005 .P7 1525
Barcode:
30000003787603