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Cosmographia of Claudius Ptolemaeus
Cosmographia [translated from Greek into Latin by Jacobus Angelus; edited by Nicolaus Germanus], Ulm, Johann Reger for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486
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There is an older edition (1472) in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., folio 73r. However, the winds are hardly completely visible here.
By the way, there is a nice facsimile of this work at the "usual suspects":
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At a Library of Congress lecture (The World of Ptolemy and the Birth of the Cartographic Atlas), several atlases are shown at the end (starting at 52:00). Among them is also the Ulm edition shown above.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. It's interesting to see how accuracy has evolved over time.
Cosmographia of Claudius Ptolemaeus
Cosmographia [translated from Greek into Latin by Jacobus Angelus; edited by Nicolaus Germanus], Ulm, Johann Reger for Justus de Albano, 21 July 1486
Description You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
There is an older edition (1472) in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., folio 73r. However, the winds are hardly completely visible here.
By the way, there is a nice facsimile of this work at the "usual suspects":
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
edit (OT):
At a Library of Congress lecture (The World of Ptolemy and the Birth of the Cartographic Atlas), several atlases are shown at the end (starting at 52:00). Among them is also the Ulm edition shown above.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. It's interesting to see how accuracy has evolved over time.


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