File:Latin manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico (BnF MS Latin 4801) – 1st European map – the British Isles (ff. 76v–77r).png

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English: Photograph of the "1st European map" depicting the British Isles (folios 76v–77r) from Latin manuscript copy of Ptolemy's Cosmographia by the Florentine Francesco di Antonio del Chierico (Bibliothèque nationale de France manuscript Latin 4801).
Date 1450–1460
Source https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55002486w/f161.item
Author
Ptolemy  (100–170)  wikidata:Q34943 s:en:Author:Ptolemy q:en:Ptolemy
 
Ptolemy
Alternative names
Birth name: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; Claudius Ptolemaeus; Claudius Ptolemeus; Claudius Ptolemy; Klaudios Ptolemaios
Description Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ptolemais Hermiou Alexandria
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q34943
Giacomo da Scarperia  (1360–1410)  wikidata:Q5557935
 
Alternative names
Jacopo d’Angelo, Giacomo da Scarperia, Giacomo d'Angelo da Scarperia
Description translator and writer
Date of birth/death 1360 Edit this at Wikidata 1410 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Scarperia Rome
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5557935
Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico  (1433–1484)  wikidata:Q16185868
 
Description Italian manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death 1433 Edit this at Wikidata 17 October 1484 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Florence
Work period Early Renaissance
era QS:P2348,Q1472236
Work location
Florence Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q16185868

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Latin manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico (BnF MS Latin 4801) – 1st European map – the British Isles (ff. 76v–77r)

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