Ptolemy's Map Of North Africa And Mediterranean
by Alvin/science Photo Library
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Ptolemy's Map Of North Africa And Mediterranean
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Alvin/science Photo Library
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Map of North Africa and the Mediterranean from a 15th century edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia'. This 1482 atlas is a translation of Ptolemy's original work from Greek to Latin made in Ulm, Germany. Ptolemy, also known as Claudius Ptolemaeus, was an astronomer and geographer who lived in the 2nd century in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt.
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