DescriptionEB9 Map Plate VII Ptolemy's Map of the World.jpg
English: Caption:
MAP
Vol. XV.
Plate VII.
PTOLEMY'S MAP OF THE WORLD, compared with the actual postions. After H. Kiepert.
Explanation
Ptolemy's construction in Red True outlines and positions in Black The dotted lines show the displacements according to Kiepert's identifications.
W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, NINTH EDITION
Date
Source
Paper Popinjay at Etsy; originally from Pl. VII in "Map" in the Encylcopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XV.
Author
AnonymousUnknown author, from an original by Heinrich Kiepert, engraved by William and Alexander Keith Johnston
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Ptolemy's 2nd Projection, with his idea of the world overlaid with the actual locations