Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Title:
Prima Europa tabula.
Alternate Title(s):
Prima Evropa tabvla
Published / Created:
[Ulm] : [Lienhart Hol], [1486]
Physical Description:
1 map : woodcut ; 35 x 39 cm, on sheet 41 x 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale not given
Notes:
Woodcut probably by Johannes Schnitzer, who is known to have engraved the world map in the same atlas.
Exhibition History:
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
Subject Terms:
British Isles -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Ireland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Maps -- British Isles. | Woodcuts -- 1486.
Contributors:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia. Latin. | Hol, Lienhart, publisher. | Schnitzer, Johannes, engraver.