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The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .
The Geography of Ptolemy in a c. 1411 Latin translation by Jacobus Angelus with 27 maps by Claus Swart. The Geography ( Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a ...
The Pico del Veleta road. This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe. It includes roads that are at least 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long and whose culminating point is at least 2,000 metres (6,562 feet) above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to that of the highest settlements in Europe and to the tree line in several ...
The Dura-Europos Route map is the oldest known map of (a part of) Europe preserved in its original form. It is a fragment of a map drawn onto a leather portion of a shield by a Roman soldier in c. 235 AD. It depicts several towns along the northwest coast of the Black Sea . The Tabula Peutingeriana, a copy of a scroll originally dating to about ...
Projection: LAEA Europe, EPSG:3035. Longitude of projection center: 10° E. Latitude of projection center: 52° N. Map extent (LAEA Europe) Xmin,Ymin to Xmax, Ymax: 2555000, 1350000 to 7405000, 5500000. Map extent (WGS84) (lon,lat of lower left and upper right corner): -8.9067, 33.2307 to 72.9617, 58.9174. This map was created with GeoTools. Date.
Summary. Description Europe blank map.png. English: Blank political map of Europe - use to show countries' locations, EU members, etc. Date. 26 March 2005, 19:56 (UTC) Source. the map is using the maps' boundaries as provided by one of the thousands files in the ClarisImpact libraries, otherwise competely redrawn, including "wiki" colors. Author.
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Tabula Peutingeriana. Tabula Peutingeriana ( Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula [1] or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire . The map is a parchment copy dating from around 1200 of a Late Antique ...