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Ptolemaisch general [catel] - [...] greiffend die halbe fugel der weldt.

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A map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map.

Date Issued or Published
1550
Subject - Topic/Names
Maps
Early works to 1800
Winds
Personification in art
Mountains
Rivers
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
Subject - Geographic
Eastern Hemisphere
Europe
India
Africa, Central
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
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Title
Ptolemaisch general [catel] - [...] greiffend die halbe fugel der weldt.
Date Issued or Published
1550
Description
A map of the world with latitude and longitude markers as it was known during the Ptolemaic period, including mountain ranges and rivers and spanning from Europe, to central Africa, and over to India. Personifications of the winds are depicted within the clouds surrounding the map.
Publisher
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579
Place of Publication
Basel (Switzerland)
Contributor
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Primary Language
German
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Maps
Early works to 1800
Winds
Personification in art
Mountains
Rivers
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
Subject - Geographic
Eastern Hemisphere
Europe
India
Africa, Central
Subject - Time Period
Sixteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
33 cm (approx)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
maps
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
Source
Cosmographei, oder, beschreibung aller länder, herrschaften, fürnemsten stetten, geschichten, gebreüche[n], hantierungen etc. (Library Search)
Local Call Number
1550 MUNS
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Institution
Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
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