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English: Photograph of the "1st European map" depicting the British Isles (folios 106v–107r) from Latin manuscript copy of Ptolemy's Cosmographia attributed to the "Master of Edward IV" (Bibliothèque nationale de France manuscript Latin 4804).
Date 1501–1515
Source

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b60007804/f223.item

https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc63679t
Author
Ptolemy  (100–170)  wikidata:Q34943 s:en:Author:Ptolemy q:en:Ptolemy
 
Ptolemy
Alternative names
Birth name: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; Claudius Ptolemaeus; Claudius Ptolemeus; Claudius Ptolemy; Klaudios Ptolemaios
Description Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ptolemais Hermiou Alexandria
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q34943
Giacomo da Scarperia  (1360–1410)  wikidata:Q5557935
 
Alternative names
Jacopo d’Angelo, Giacomo da Scarperia, Giacomo d'Angelo da Scarperia
Description translator and writer
Date of birth/death 1360 Edit this at Wikidata 1410 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Scarperia Rome
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5557935
Master of Edward IV  (fl. from 1470 until 1500
date QS:P,+1500–00–00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1470–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1500–00–00T00:00:00Z/9
 wikidata:Q23085454
 
Description Flemish manuscript illuminator
Work period 1470-1500
Work location
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q23085454
Johannes de Krieckenborch

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Latin manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography attributed to the "Master of Edward IV" (BnF MS Latin 4804) – 1st European map – the British Isles (ff. 106v–107r)

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