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Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Geographiae Libri Octo, recognitiiam et diligenter emendati cum tabulis geographicis ad mentem auctoris restitutis ac emendatis, per Gerardvm Mercatorem ...

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World Map

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Title
World Map
Names
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 (Illustrator)
Ptolemy, active 2nd century (Author)
Collection

Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Geographiae Libri Octo, recognitiiam et diligenter emendati cum tabulis geographicis ad mentem auctoris restitutis ac emendatis, per Gerardvm Mercatorem ...

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1584
Place: Coloniæ Agrippiræ
Publisher: Typis Godefridi Kempensis
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB+ 1584 (Ptolemaeus, C. Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Geographiae Libri Octo)
Topics
Geography, Ancient
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Copy 1: With colophon dated 1578.
Ownership: Lenox Copy 1.
Content: Copy 2: With colophon dated 1584; same maps with differentsignature.
Content: Leaf preceding halt-title for the "Tabvlæ" blank, last leaf (blank?) wanting.
Content: Pages 107-108 wrongly numbered 89-90.
Content: The Pirckheimer text, edited by Arnold Mylius.--cf. dedication.
Ownership: No acc. Copy 2.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14393932
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 080d8710-c603-012f-cdee-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1512: Creator Born
  • 1584: Issued
  • 1594: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "World Map" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1584. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95321bf6-0d43-bad1-e040-e00a18067a16

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "World Map" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95321bf6-0d43-bad1-e040-e00a18067a16

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1584). World Map Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95321bf6-0d43-bad1-e040-e00a18067a16

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95321bf6-0d43-bad1-e040-e00a18067a16 | title= (cartographic) World Map, (1584) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 16, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

World Map