Descriptio_Prime_Tabulae_Europae.jpg - Wikipedia

Summary

Description

English: The 1st Map of Europe: A Latin map of the British Isles ( Insulae Britannicae ): Ireland ( Hybernia ) and Britain ( Alvion ), based on Ptolemy 's Geography . Note the positioning of Scotland at a right angle to the rest of Britain.

Date

between 1450 and 1475

Source

Harley MS 7182 ff 60v-61 .

Author

Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico in Florence; text Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy 's Geography

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