The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical SocietyWright, John Kirtland
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The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical Society
Wright, John Kirtland
Early maps; Leardo, Giovanni
Miller, Arab.: Konrad Miller, _Mappae arabicae: arabische Welt- und
Länderkarten des 9.-13. Jahrhunderts_, 6 vols. (of which Vols. 3, 4, and
5 have not yet appeared), Stuttgart, 1926-1927.
Miller, Mappaemundi: Konrad Miller, _Mappaemundi: die ältesten
Weltkarten_, 6 vols., Stuttgart, 1895-1898.
Müller: Carl Müller, editor, _Claudii Ptolemaei geographia_, Vol. 1,
Parts 1 and 2, and Atlas, Paris 1883, 1901. Covers Bks. I-V only. See
Ptol.
Nordenskiöld, Periplus: A. E. Nordenskiöld, _Periplus, an Essay on the
Early History of Charts and Sailing-Directions_, transl. by F. A.
Bather, Stockholm, 1897.
Piz.: Francesco Pizigano’s map, 1367, in National Library, Parma. Copy
in [E.-F.] Jomard, _Les monuments de la géographie, ou recueil
d’anciennes cartes...._ Paris, [1862].
See Kret., Port., pp. 121-122.
Polo: Marco Polo, _The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning
the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East_, translated and edited with notes
by Sir Henry Yule, 3rd edition revised by Henri Cordier, 2 vols.,
London, 1903.
Except where otherwise indicated all references are to volumes and
pages of this edition.
Ptol.: Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), _Geographia_, edited by C. F. A.
Nobbe, 3 vols., Leipzig, Vol. 1, 1898; Vol. 2, 1913; Vol. 3, n. d.
References are to book, chapter, and section of this edition.
References indicated by FA are to the plates on which reproductions
from the Rome, 1490, edition are given in A. E. Nördenskiöld,
_Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with
Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI
Centuries_, translated from the Swedish Original by J. A. Ekelöf and
C. R. Markham, Stockholm, 1889.
Pullé, Vat.: See Vat.
PW: _Paulys Real-encyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft_,
new edition begun by Georg Wissowa. 15 vols, and 4 supplements have
appeared (1927), Stuttgart, 1894-.
Raccolta: _Raccolta di mappamondi e carte nautiche del XIII al XVI
secolo_, (H. F. and M. Münster, succeeded by) Ferd. Ongania, Venice,
(1869?), 1881. (Series of photographic facsimiles of 17 maps, also known
as Ongania Collection. See Fischer.)
Rainaud: Armand Rainaud, _Le continent austral: hypothèses et
découvertes_, Paris, 1893.
Santarem: Le Vicomte de Santarem, _Essai sur l’histoire de la
cosmographie et de la cartographie pendant le moyen-age...._, 3 vols.
and atlas, Paris, 1849-1852.
Spruner-Menke: K. von Spruner and Th. Menke, _Hand-atlas für die
Geschichte des Mittelalters und der neueren Zeit_ (third edition of
Spruner’s atlas revised by Menke), Gotha, 1880.
Vat.: Map in Vatican Library, fondo Museo Borgiano, No. V. Photographic
reproduction with commentary in: F. L. Pullé, _Una carta itineraria del
secolo XV_ [_Vaticana Borgiana_], constituting _Studi italiani di
filologia indo-iranica_, Vol. 5, _La cartografia antica dell’ India_,
Part 2, Appendix 4, Florence, 1905 (=Pullé, Vat.).
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