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English: A mid-15th century Florentine map of the world based on Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. Ptolemy's 1st (modified conic) projection. 中文:《托勒密世界地图》,原为克劳狄乌斯·托勒密所著《地理学》书中所附的多幅地图,后来由君士坦丁堡的希腊修士马克西姆·普拉努德斯等人重新编集,并由14世纪的意大利学者雅各布·安格鲁斯译为拉丁文。该地图15世纪中期在佛罗伦萨出版。 |
Date | ad 1450–1475 |
Source | Ptolemy's Geography (Harleian MS 7182, ff 58–59) |
Author | Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico |
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Totius Orbis Habitabilis Brevis Descriptio (A Brief Description of the Entire Habitable World)
Liber VII (Book 7)
Occidentalis Oceanus (The Western Ocean)
Insulæ Fortunatæ (The Fortunate Isles)
Germanicum Ocean (The Germanic Ocean)
Euxinus Pontus (The Black Sea)
Persicus Sinus (The Persian Gulf)
Arabicus Sinus (The Arabian Sea)
Arabia Felix (Lucky Arabia)
Barbaricus Sinus (The Barbarian Gulf)
Gangeticus Sinus (The Gangetic Gulf)
India Intra Gangem Fluvium (India Within the Ganges River)
India Extra Gangem Fluvium (India Beyond the Ganges River)
Sinæ (Coastal China)
Serica (Inland China)
Magnus Sinus (The Great Gulf)
Tapobranes Insula (Tapobranes Island)
Scythia Intra Imaum Montem (Scythia Within Mount Imaum)
Scythia Extra Imaum Montem (Scythia Beyond Mount Imaum)
Ignota Terra (Unknown Land)
Sacæ
Ibernia (Hibernia)
Alvion Insula (Albion Island)
Britannicus Oceanus (The Britannic Ocean)
Gallia Belgica (Belgic Gaul)
Magna Germania (Greater Germany)
Iberia
Egyptum Pelagus (The Egyptian Sea)
Africanum Pelagus (The African Sea)
Gallicum Pelagus (The Gallic Sea)
Sogdiani
Parthia
Africa
Terra Incognita (Unknown Land)
Aurea Chersonesus (The Golden Peninsula)
Hespericus et Magnus Sinus (The Hesperic & Great Gulf)
Libia Interior (Inner Libya)
Ethiopia Interior (Inner Ethiopia)
Lunæ Montes (The Mountains of the Moon)
Indicum Pelagus (The Indic Sea)
Ganges Fl. (The Ganges River)
Adriaticus Sinus (The Adriatic Gulf)
Adriaticum Pelagus (The Adriatic Sea)
Terra Incognita (Unknown Land)
Nilus Fl. (The Nile River)
Egyptus (Egypt)
Aquilo
Circius
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Headline | Harley 7182 ff.58v-59 |
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