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English: A mid-15th century Florentine map of the world based on Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. Ptolemy's 1st (modified conic) projection. 中文：《托勒密世界地图》，原为克劳狄乌斯·托勒密所著《地理学》书中所附的多幅地图，后来由君士坦丁堡的希腊修士马克西姆·普拉努德斯等人重新编集，并由14世纪的意大利学者雅各布·安格鲁斯译为拉丁文。该地图15世纪中期在佛罗伦萨出版。 |
| Date | ad 1450–1475 |
| Source | Ptolemy's Geography (Harleian MS 7182, ff 58–59) |
| Author | Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico |
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| current | 23:02, 27 July 2014 | | 1,500 × 1,026 (867 KB) | Khamar | Larger scan from British Library retreived 2014-7-27 http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=28894 which has been slightly sharpened. Text clarity is improved in this version and the overall tint is less yellow. |
| 12:45, 27 November 2005 |  | 1,344 × 915 (810 KB) | Alfio | Bigger version | |
| 11:00, 20 June 2005 |  | 800 × 545 (107 KB) | Horatius | Ptolemy's 150 CE World Map (redrawn in the 15th century). The British Library Harley MS 7182, ff 58v-59 ((PD-art)) |
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