File:Ptolemys WM 004.jpg
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| The Cosmography of Claude Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) | |
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Ptolemy, translated into Latin by Jacobus Angelus |
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The Cosmography of Claude Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) |
| Language | Latin |
| Publication date | 1467 |
| Place of publication | Reichenbach Monastery |
| English: Ptolemy's 2nd European Map: Hispania and Lusitania.
Polski: Półwysep Iberyjski. (   ) |
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| Artist |
Nicolaus Germanus |
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| Title |
English: Ptolemy's 2nd European Map: Hispania and Lusitania.
Polski: Półwysep Iberyjski. |
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| Date | 1467 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ink and color on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 28.8 cm (11.3 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Warsaw |
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Rps BOZ 2/I-II |
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| Object history |
1573: transferred to Chancellor Jan Zamoyski (purchased in Paris) |
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| Notes |
English: Dedicated to Pope Paul II. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.polona.pl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 02:00, 28 March 2007 | | 1,600 × 1,146 (499 KB) | KyraVixen (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description= Ptolemy's world map, page 4 |Source= Poland National Digital Library (CBN Polona) [http://www.polona.pl/dlibra/doccontent2?id=61] |Date= Created circa 150 CE |Author= Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 90-168 CE) |Permission= Public do |
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