File:Ptolemys WM 003.jpg
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Map of the roman Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) according to Ptolemy (II century). The map of Hispania corresponds to the second map of Europe following the Ptolemaic scheme of regional maps
Summary
[edit]The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) | |
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Author |
Ptolemy, translated into Latin by Jacobus Angelus |
Title |
The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) |
Language | Latin |
Publication date |
1467 publication_date QS:P577,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Place of publication | Reichenbach Monastery |
English: The Second Map of Europe: Hispania and Lusitania.
Polski: Półwysep Iberyjski. (![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Artist |
Nicolaus Germanus |
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Title |
English: The Second Map of Europe: Hispania and Lusitania.
Polski: Półwysep Iberyjski. |
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Date |
1467 date QS:P571,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | ink and color on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 28.8 cm (11.3 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,28.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q856423 |
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Current location |
Warsaw |
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Accession number |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Copyright expired, PD-Art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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current | 01:59, 28 March 2007 | ![]() | 1,600 × 1,144 (518 KB) | KyraVixen (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description= Ptolemy's world map, page 3 |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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