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| Keywords: Secunda Europae Tabula (España, Baleares y Portugal), por Bernardus Sylvanus.jpg The Second European Map Secunda Europae Tabula en Fine example of Sylvanus' map of Spain the Balearic Island and Portugal one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region and the first printed in two colors Sylvanus' map of the Iberian Peninsula is one of the earliest obtainable maps of the region While it is based upon the Geography of Claudius Ptolemy it differs from the earlier maps of printed editions of Ptolemy Bologna 1477 Rome 1478 Ulm 1482 Berlingheri 1482 and Rome 1507 presenting some hints of modern information not present in the earlier maps As noted by Ashley Baynton Williams The most unusual of the editions of Ptolemy was that published by Jacobus Pentius de Leucho in Venice in 1511 edited by Bernardus Sylvanus Sylvanus realizing the geography was out-dated attempted to update the maps by inserting more modern information often from contemporary manuscript sources over the Ptolemaic material creating an unusual effect An innovative feature is that the maps which are printed from woodblocks are printed in two colors red and black with the principal names in red The map appeared in Sylvanus' Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae publish in Venice in 1511 In secunda Tabula<br>Ispaniarum scilicet<br>Bectica nunc Granatae<br>Lusitania/portugalia<br>Tarraconensis/Katalonia 1511 Grabado cm 48 37 accession number 29057 object history credit line https //www raremaps com/gallery/detail/29057/Secunda_Europae_Tabula_Spain_Balearic_Islands_and_Portugal/Sylvanus html Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc <gallery> File Secunda Europae Tabula 1511 jpg Secunda Europae tabula 7537877568 jpg File Secunda Europae Tabula jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Ptolemy's 2nd European Map 1511 1511 maps Maps in Latin 1511 Ptolemy Europe 02 | ||||
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