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Cosmography (Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini)
Author
Ptolemy, translated by Jacobus Angelus
Title
Cosmography (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: The 3rd Asian Map: Armenia Major, Colchis, Iberia, and Albania.

Polski: Kaukaz.

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Nicolaus Germanus
Title
English: The 3rd Asian Map: Armenia Major, Colchis, Iberia, and Albania.
Polski: Kaukaz.
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
institution QS:P195,Q856423
Current location
Warsaw
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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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