File:EB9 Map Plate VII Ptolemy's Map of the World.jpg
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MAP Vol. XV. Plate VII.
PTOLEMY'S MAP OF THE WORLD, 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 |
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| Source | Paper Popinjay at Etsy; originally from Pl. VII in "Map" in the Encylcopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XV. |
| Author | Anonymous, from an original by Heinrich Kiepert, engraved by William and Alexander Keith Johnston |
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