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| Keywords: Ptolemy's Map of the World.png PTOLEMY'S MAP OF THE WORLD ORIGINALLY DRAWN ABOUT smallcaps a d 150 From the first printed edition of 1472 the first book to have printed maps and the famous Rome edition of 1508 It is only necessary to compare this map with the mythical geography represented in a mediæval map such as the Hereford map of the world made eleven centuries later to recognise the extraordinary accuracy and scientific value of Ptolemy's geography In fact no copies of Ptolemy's maps survive the first printed edition was the Bologna Ptolemy of 1477 misdated in its colophon to 1462 not 1472 and the Rome Ptolemy was first published in 1478 The 1508 printing was its 3rd edition 1912 https //archive org/stream/bookofdiscoveryh00syngrich page/n7/mode/2up A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Margaret Bertha Synge other versions <gallery> Ptolemy's Map of the World trans png transparent background File Ptolemy's Map of the World jpg Gutenberg org version </gallery> PD-old-70-1923 LlywelynII 1912 maps 1910s maps of the world Ptolemy's first projection 1912 Maps in Latin Maps in English Margaret Bertha Synge A Book of Discovery 01 | ||||
