File:Ptolemaei Typus.jpg
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English: "Ptolemy's Figure" (Ptolemaei Typus: Tavola prima universale Antica di tutta la Terra conosicura fin a tempi di Tolomeo), a copperplate world map after his second projection, from the first edition of Ruscelli's translation of the Geography (La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino [title page] or Geografia di Tolomeo [spine]), printed by Vincenzo Valgrisi at Venice.
The images were partially based on Jacopo Gastaldo's 1548 edition. 21 x 26 cm c. 1:100,000,000. |
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| Source | David Rumsey Map Collection |
| Author | Ptolemy, translated into Italian by Girolamo Ruscelli |
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