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English: The 1st Map of Europe: A Latin map of the British Isles (Insulae Britannicae): Ireland (Hybernia) and Britain (Alvion), based on Ptolemy's Geography. Note the positioning of Scotland at a right angle to the rest of Britain.
Date between 1450 and 1475
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Harley MS 7182 ff 60v-61.
Author Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico in Florence; text Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy's Geography
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