File:Claudius Ptolemy- The World.jpg

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A medieval depiction of the Ecumene
Artist
Lord Nicolas the German (Donnus Nicholas Germanus), cartographer
Johann the Blockcutter of Armsheim (Johannes Schnitzer or Johannes de Armssheim), engraver
Author
Ptolemy
Jacobus Angelus, translator
Description
English: The world map from Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus's emendations to Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography.
Date 1482
date QS:P571,+1482-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Decorative Maps by Roderick Barron - ISBN 1851702989
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