The first atlas printed in Germany, the first atlas made from woodcut blocks, the first to contain hand-coloured maps and the first mapping of the world by a named cartographer
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius, 1482
![[ANDREES, Richard] Japan.](https://i0.wp.com/crouchrarebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/15809_1H.jpg?fit=3556%2C5436&ssl=1)
From the fourth edition of 'Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas 
