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Descriptio Prime Tabulae Europae
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Descriptio Prime Tabulae Europae

The 1st Map of Europe: A Latin map of the British Isles (Insulae Britannicae): Ireland (Hybernia) and Britain (Alvion), based on Ptolemy's Geography. Note the positioning of Scotland at a right angle to the rest of Britain.

Date
1450–1475
Mapmaker / publisher
Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico in Florence; text Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy's Geography
Place
the British Isles in the 1st century
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,500 × 960 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Descriptio Prime Tabulae Europae" (1450–1475). Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico in Florence; text Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy's Geography, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Descriptio_Prime_Tabulae_Europae.jpg

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