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Summary

The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini)
Author
Ptolemy, translated into Latin by Jacobus Angelus
Title
The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini)
Language Latin
Publication date 1467
publication_date QS:P577,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of publication Reichenbach Monastery
English: Ptolemy's 9th Asian Map (Tabula Asiae IX), featuring Aria, Arachosia, Drangiana, and Gedrosia.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Nicolaus Germanus
Title
English: Ptolemy's 9th Asian Map (Tabula Asiae IX), featuring Aria, Arachosia, Drangiana, and Gedrosia.
Date 1467
date QS:P571,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink and color on parchment
Dimensions height: 28.8 cm (11.3 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728
institution QS:P195,Q856423
Current location
Warsaw
Accession number
Rps BOZ 2/I-II
Object history

1573: transferred to Chancellor Jan Zamoyski (purchased in Paris)
1818: transferred to Library of the Zamoyski Estate

1946: transferred to National Library in Warsaw
Notes
English: Dedicated to Pope Paul II.
Source/Photographer www.polona.pl
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Reconstruction of Ptolemy's map (2nd century AD) of Aria (Herat) and neighbouring states by the 15th century German cartographer Nicolaus Germanus

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