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Claudius
Ptolemy (87
– 150)
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Astronomer
and geographer
in Alexandria.
About 100 AD
he wrote a description
how to make
maps. From the
12th/13th century
onwards a 'Geography'
was developed
from his manuscript
and under his
name. The first
printed edition
with maps was
published in
Bologna 1477.
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| Map
of the Old World
by
Laurent Fries, 1541
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Map of Germania
by G. Ruscelli, 1561
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| Scandinavia
by
S. Munster
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Denmark by S. Munster
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| Eastern
Europe by L. Fries
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Eastern Europe by
G. Ruscelli
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| Greece
by S. Munster
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Greece by S. Munster
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| Greece
by L. Fries
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Greece by L. Fries
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| Iberian
Peninsula by Waldseemüller
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Iberian Peninsula by L. Fries
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| Turkey, Anatolia
by L. Fries
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Near
East by L. Freis
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| Northern
Africa, Algeria
by L. Fries
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Northern
Africa, Algeria
by L. Fries
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| Northern
Africa by S. Munster
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Algeria, Tunesia by S. Munster |
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Egypt by S.
Munster
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Southern
Africa by L. Fries
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Ceylon - Sri Lanka by Seb.
Munster
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