File:Ptolemaic Britain.jpg
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English: The "1st Map of Europe": A Greek-language map of Hibernia (Ireland) and Albion (Great Britain) derived from Ptolemy's Geography, probably in the early 14th century at Constantinople (Istanbul), held by the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos prior to its theft and purchase by the British Museum.
It reflects Ptolemy's mistaken placement of Scotland at a right angle to the rest of Britain, apparently derived from his reliance on seafarer's logs. False color version. |
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early 14th century date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719727 |
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Codex Athous Vatopedinus 655: Add. MS 19391, f 19v-20 (British Library, London) A collection of geographical works stolen by Constantine Simonides and sold to Frederic Madden, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum in 1853 |
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Anonymous (likely a monk or scholar of Constantinople, sometimes associated with Maximus Planudes) Based upon the Geography of Claudius Ptolemy |
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