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Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Geographiae libri octo : recogniti iam et diligenter emendati cum tabulis geographicis ad mentem auctoris restitutis ac emendatis

Alternative Title:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. Geographia

Description:

per Gerardum Mercatorem, illustriß. ducis cliuensis etc. cosmographum.

2nd edition by Mercator of Ptolemy's Geographia; 1st edition published 1578.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins.

Includes indexes.

Leather binding.

Gold-leafed seal on front cover.

First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description).

Engraved title page, head and tail-pieces throughout.

"Cum gratia & privilegio sac Cæs. Maies fat." on title page.

Introductory text; extensive statistical information; descriptive text on maps and on versos.

Decorative borders and cartouches.

Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, ports, routes (e.g. Map 26).

Illustrations of figures (e.g. Map 10), flora and fauna (e.g. Map 16), ships, sea monsters.

Map 1 appears on title page.

Map 2 has winds surrounding globe.

Map titles appear at top, in abbreviated form; in full on versos (as indicated in square brackets below).

Map 1. [World map covering Europe, Asia, and Africa] -- Map 2. Vniversalis tabula juxta Ptolemeum [Vniversalis tabula juxta Ptolemæum] -- Map 3. Europae I tab. [Europae tabula I] -- Map 4. Europae II tab. [Europae tabula II] -- Map 5. Europ. III tab. [Europae tabula III] -- Map 6. Europ. IIII tab. [Europae tabula IIII] -- Map 7. Eur. V tab. [Europae tabula V] -- Map 8. Eur. VI tab. [Europae tabula VI] -- Map 9. Eur. VII tab. [Europae tabula VII] -- Map 10. Eur. VIII tab. [Europae tabula VIII] -- Map 11. Eur. IX tab. [Europae tabula IX] -- Map 12. Eur. X tab. [Europae tabula X] -- Map 13. Africae I tab. [Africae tabula I] -- Map 14. Afr. II tab. [Africae tabula II] -- Map 15. Appendix III tabulae Afr. -- Map 16. Afr. [III] tab. [Africae tabula III] -- Map 17. Afr. IIII tab. [Africae tabula IIII] -- Map 18. Asiae I tab. [Asiae tabula I] -- Map 19. Asiae II tab. [Asiae tabula II] -- Map 20. Asiae III tab. [Asiae tabula III] -- Map 21. Asiae IIII tab. [Asiae tabula IIII] -- Map 22. Asiae V tab. [Asiae tabula V] -- Map 23. Asiae VI tab. [Asiae tabula VI] -- Map 24. Asiae VII tab. [Asiae tabula VII] -- Map 25. Asiae VIII tab. [Asiae tabula VIII] -- Map 26. Asiae IX tab. [Asiae tabula IX] -- Map 27. Asiae X tab. [Asiae tabula X] -- Map 28. Asiae XI tab. [Asiae tabula XI] -- Map 29. Asiae XII tab. [Asiae tabula XII]

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xc086yq5964

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xc086yq5964

Language:

lat

Publisher:

[typis Godefridi Kempensis],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Subject:

World maps

Date Issued:

1584

Spatial Coverage:

Europe, Africa, and Asia

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false