Map, hand coloured engraving, Prima Europe tabula, Europe
Map 1, Ptolemy map of roman Britain, by Gerard Mercator,
1578.
The geographical data in a world gazetteer, The Geography,
was compiled by Claudius Ptolemy, 2nd century.
Ptolemy 1578
map feature:-
up is N & lat and long scales & index grid & sea
stippled & sea monsters & coast shaded & rivers
& tribal areas & settlements
inscription:-
printed top
EUROPAE .I. TAB :
'Europe Map 1'
inscription:-
printed cartouche
Medius meridianus / 20, reliqui ad eum incli : / nantur
ratione 54 & / 60 parallelorum