1482 Ulm Ptolemy

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Claudius Ptolemy (ca. AD 100–AD 170).
Geographia.
Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482.
Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (140)

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The 1482 Ulm edition of the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemy was one of the most important cartographic texts of the early Renaissance and the first edition of the work to be printed outside Italy. The Ulm edition of the Geographia is much different than the Italian editions in the look of its maps, which were printed from carved wood blocks rather than copperplate engravings. Four new regional maps that show geographical knowledge gathered after the time of Ptolemy were also added to this edition.