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Summary

The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the——Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini)
Author	Ptolemy, translated into Latin by, Jacobus Angelus
Title	The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Alexandrian (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini)
Language	Latin
Publication date	1467 publication_date QS:P577,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of publication	Reichenbach Monastery

English: Ptolemy's 9th Asian Map (Tabula Asiae IX), featuring Aria, "Arachosia," Drangiana, "and Gedrosia." (

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Artist

Nicolaus Germanus

Title

English: Ptolemy's 9th Asian Map (Tabula Asiae IX), featuring Aria, Arachosia, Drangiana, and Gedrosia.

Date

1467

date QS:P571,+1467-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Medium

ink and color on parchment

Dimensions

height: 28.8 cm (11.3 in); width: 42 cm (16.5 in)

dimensions QS:P2048,28.8U174728

dimensions QS:P2049,42U174728

Collection

National Library of Poland

	Native name	Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 12′ 50″ N, 21° 00′ 12″ E
	Established	1928
	Website	www.bn.org.pl
	Authority file	: Q856423 VIAF: 132112363 ISNI: 0000000109428415 ULAN: 500312754 LCCN: n80014571 NLA: 36059319 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q856423

Current location

Warsaw

Accession number

Rps BOZ 2/I-II

Object history

1573: transferred to Chancellor Jan Zamoyski (purchased in Paris)
1818: transferred to Library of the Zamoyski Estate

1946: transferred to National Library in Warsaw

Notes

English: Dedicated to Pope Paul II.

Source/Photographer

www.polona.pl

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English

Reconstruction of Ptolemy's map (2nd century AD) of Aria (Herat) and neighbouring states by the 15th century German cartographer Nicolaus Germanus

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