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Lord Nicolas the German (Donnus Nicholas Germanus), cartographer
Johann the Blockcutter of Armsheim (Johannes Schnitzer or Johannes de Armssheim), engraver
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English: The world map from Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus's emendations to Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography.
Date 1482
date QS:P571,+1482-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Decorative Maps by Roderick Barron - ISBN 1851702989
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A medieval depiction of the Ecumene

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