The Ulm Ptolemy’s modern map of Spain

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Tabula Moderna Hispanie.

PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius [translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, edited by GERMANUS, Nicolaus]
Ulm,
Lienhart Holle,
16 July 1482.
Double-page woodcut map, fine original hand-colour, slight dampstaining to upper portion of map.
420 by 565mm. (16.5 by 22.25 inches).
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The modern map of Spain printed in the Ulm edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" of 1482. One of the earliest obtainable "modern" maps of Spain. The various regions of Spain are clearly marked, with the Kingdom of Navarre highlighted in green, and Portugal in light yellow wash.

The map was published in the first atlas printed outside Italy and the first atlas illustrated with woodcut maps.

In 1482 Lienhart Holle in Ulm published a revised edition of Ptolem...

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bibliography:

Camptell, T., 'Earliest Printed Maps', p. 179-210; Schreiber 5032; Skelton, R.A., Bibliographical note prefixed to the facsimile of the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy

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