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Description: The 1st Map of Europe: A Latin map of the British Isles (Insulae Britannicae): Ireland (Hybernia) and Britain (Alvion), based on Ptolemy's Geography. Note the positioning of Scotland at a right angle to the rest of Britain.
Title: Descriptio Prime Tabulae Europae
Credit: Harley MS 7182 ff 60v-61.
Author: Credited to Francesco di Antonio del Chierico in Florence; text Emanuel Chrysoloras and Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy's Geography
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