Ptolemy's map of North West Africa, 2nd century

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Ptolemy's map of North West Africa, 2nd century. This 1482 atlas is a translation of Ptolemy's original work from Greek to Latin made in Ulm, Germany. Ptolemy, also known as Claudius Ptolemaeus, was an astronomer and geographer who lived in the 2nd century in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt.

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