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[The world] [map].
Author
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
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Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/Created
[Ulm : Leinhart Holle, 1482]
Description
Scale not given. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
1 map : hand col. ; 39 x 54 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
World maps
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Early works to 1800
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Printer
Hol, Lienhart
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Engraver
Schnitzer, Johann
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Getty AAT genre
World maps
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1482
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Related work(s)
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Geographia.
Latin
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Notes
"Insculptum est per Iohan[n]e Schnitzer de Armszheim".
Map from the 4th edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia, printed by Leinhart Holle at Ulm in 1482. Woodcuts by Johannes Schnitzer.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.
References
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 10
Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 5
OCLC
743299260
International Standard Recording Code
HM 2013-40
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