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Ptolemy: Prima Europe Tabula  wikidata:Q23308984 reasonator:Q23308984
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artist QS:P170,Q34943
Ptolemy: Prima Europe Tabula
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Prima Europe tabula
Object type map Edit this at Wikidata
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One of the earliest surviving copies of Ptolemy's 2nd century map of the British Isles. Originally published in Ptolemy's Geographia. This is the second issue of the 1482 map, also printed at Ulm, which was the first woodcut map of the British Isles and the first to be printed outside Italy.
Date 1486
date QS:P571,+1486-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Height: 350 mm (13.77 in); Width: 500 mm (19.68 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,350U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,500U174789
institution QS:P195,Q666063
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