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Portrait of Ptolemy

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Portrait of Ptolemy and his map

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Alexandria, marked onto the modern world map from Ptolemy, Geographia

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"Ptolemaeus Prince"

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Decorative compass rose

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Initial letter from Strabo, Geographia

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Ptolemy and Marinus depicted on the titlepage of Ptolemy, Tabulae geographicae

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Opening text of Ptolemy, Almagestum.

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Opening text from the first printed edition of Ptolemy, Geographia.

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The simple conical projection, from Ptolemy, Cosmographia

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The "cloak" projection, from Ptolemy, Cosmographia

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An example of text with latitude/longitude readings from Ptolemy, Cosmographia

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Sources of the Nile River from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Eastern portion of world map from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Example of poetry from Ptolemy, Geographia

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World map from Ptolemy, Cosmographia

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Ptolemy in an initial letter in the Geographia

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Presentation from Nicolaus Germanus to the pope from
Ptolemy, Geographia

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Sample of text from the Geographia

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A Ptolemaic map in the style of the world map in the 1482 atlas

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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Columns of Alexander the Great from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Drooping heel of Italy from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Figure from the Ptolemy map printed in the Margarita Philosophica

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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia 2

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1511 Lizard

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1511 Elephant

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1511 Bird

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1511 Scotland

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1511 Italy

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1511 World Map

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1511 Heart-Shaped Map

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The "Admiral's Map" from Ptolemy, Geographia

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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia, edited by Lorenz Fries

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Ptolemy's Name

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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia, edited by Sebastian Münster

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Modern world map from Ptolemy, Geographia, edited by Sebastian Münster

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1545 South America

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1545 Terra Florida

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Sample of text from Ptolemy, Geographia

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Johannes Ruysch world map from Ptolemy, Geographia

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The southward extent of the coast of South America

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Inscription near Taprobana

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Reduced Madagascar

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Better India

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Islands around the North Pole

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