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[Ptolemaic world map by Bernard Sylvanus] [cartographic material]

[Ptolemaic world map by Bernard Sylvanus] [cartographic material]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqOG7P6Ol

[Ptolemaic world map by Bernard Sylvanus] [cartographic material]

About this item

Full title

[Ptolemaic world map by Bernard Sylvanus] [cartographic material]

Publisher

[Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, 1511]

Date

1511]

Call Numbers

M2 100/1511/2

Record Identifier

74VKqOG7P6Ol

MMS ID

991020228459702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Cartographic data

Not drawn to scale (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

Physical content

1 map on 2 sheets : col., woodcut ; 26 x 52 on sheet 39 x 57 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

[Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, 1511]

Analytical title

Liber geographiae cum tabulis et uniuersali figura.

Date Published

1511]

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Ptolemaic world map by Bernard Sylvanus] [cartographic material]

Variant title

Liber geographiae cum tabulis et uniuersali figura.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

"The Ptolemaic world map has no title or exterior decoration other than, to the left, the climates and to the rights, several zodiacal signs. ... By means of a second pass through the press, the place names in capitals were printed in red"-- Shirley, p. 34.

Transferred from: F1/2....

Citation / References Note

Shirley, R. W. Mapping the world, 31.

Additional physical form availability note

Online at the State Library of NSW.

Language note

In Latin.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

M2 100/1511/2

Record Identifier

74VKqOG7P6Ol

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqOG7P6Ol

Other Identifiers

DDC

M2 100/1511/2

MMS ID

991020228459702626

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