A striking map of the Himilayas and Central Asia and China from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
Ptolemy’s first projection, with the “finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerard Mercator”
The first printed plan of Amsterdam
The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
A striking map of the Himilayas and Central Asia and China from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
Ptolemy’s first projection, with the “finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerard Mercator”
The first printed plan of Amsterdam
The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
