Laurent Fries, Claudius Ptolemy

LO 2388

Iberian Peninsula
Spain, Portugal

"Europae Tabula secunda continet Hispaniam"

Map of the Iberian Peninsula.

Woodcut by Laurent Fries, after Martin Waldseemüller, in the style of Ptolemy, Vienne 1535, 31 x 44,5 cm.

Esp. at upper margin somewhat water-stained, otherwise very good impression and condition.

€ 800,-

Some details of the map:

Laurent Fries (c1490 – 1532): Physicist, astrologer and geographer in Metz and Strasbourg. Editor of Ptolemaic and revised Waldseemüller maps, published in Lyon, Vienne, and Strasbourg.

Martin Waldseemüller (1470 – c1518): Cartographer from Lorraine. Made two maps of the world, one of Europe and maps for a Ptolemaic Geography, published by Schott in Strasbourg 1513.

Claudius Ptolemy (87 – 150): 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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