File:Ptolemy Cosmographia 1467 - North West Africa.jpg
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[edit]| The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemaeus the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) | |
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Ptolemy, translated by Jacobus Angelus |
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The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemaeus the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini) |
| Language | Latin |
| Publication date | 1467 |
| Place of publication | Reichenbach Monastery |
| English: The 1st Map of Africa (Prima Tabula Africae), depicting Mauretania Tingitana & Mauretania Caesariensis.
Polski: Północno-zachodnia Afryka. (   ) |
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English: The 1st Map of Africa (Prima Tabula Africae), depicting Mauretania Tingitana & Mauretania Caesariensis.
Polski: Północno-zachodnia Afryka. |
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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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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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English: Dedicated to Pope Paul II. |
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| Source/Photographer | www.polona.pl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Copyright expired, PD-Art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 23:35, 19 January 2008 | | 1,528 × 1,083 (1.18 MB) | Peacay (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Map of North West Africa |Source=National Digital Library of Poland[http://www.polona.pl/dlibra/doccontent2?id=61&dirids=1] |Date=1467 |Author=Nicolaus Germanius (after Ptolemy (Geographia): 1st/2nd centuy AD) |Permission= |othe |
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