File:Greek world map after Ptolemy's 1st projection.jpg

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English: The world map after Ptolemy's 1st projection from an early 15th-century Greek manuscript edition of Ptolemy's Geography (MS Gr Z 388 [=333] ff. 50 v. & 51 r.) from the collection at Venice's St Mark's Library (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciano di Venezia).
Latina: Orbis Terrarum
Date early 15th century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727
Source PBS Learning Media
Author Ptolemy
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