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DescriptionPtolemy-british-isles.jpg
English: Map of the British Isles and Oceanus Germanicus (the North Sea)
Date
between 110 and 168, recreated circa 1490
date QS:P,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
the Geography of Ptolemy, 1490
Author
Ptolemy (or Ptolemaeus) (circa 90 - circa 168)
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16:33, 5 November 2013
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Sony-youth
Map of the British Isles, from the Geography of Ptolemy, 1490.
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