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Ptolemy's Map of the World- Geographical Ideas of Africa Seventeen Hundred Years Ago

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Scope and Content Notes

From Map Card:

Claudius Ptolemy (87-150) Egyptian Geographer

American Geographic Soc. Text p.910

Harpers Weekly (Nov 17,1877 p. 908)

Healy Map Collection #4 and #5

Phillips Atlases v.1 p.104 (entries #350, #262)

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Title(s): 
Ptolemy's Map of the World- Geographical Ideas of Africa Seventeen Hundred Years Ago
Date: 
circa 1477
Dimensions: 
Overall: Length: 10 5/8 inches, Width: 15 1/2 inches, Inside neatline: Length: 9 inches, Width: 13 15/16 inches
Object Type: 
Maps
Accession No: 
3976.892a
Previous Number(s): 
Map 1a
Collection: 
Gilcrease Museum Map Collection
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