Map of the Ancient World
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Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum Vertibus Cognita
This folio engraved map with older hand-coloring is from Halma’s edition of Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy)’s Geographia entitled Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum Vertibus Cognita. The work was published in Utrecht in 1698 by Franciscum Halman & Guiljelmum vande Water.
Halma adapted the maps from Mercator’s 1578 edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia. François Halma (1653-1722) likely acquired Mercator’s copperplates in 1694 from an auction of the Janssonius publishing house. The maps were reworked for Halma’s editions published in 1695, 1698, & 1704.
This work is considered a later published ediiton of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus)s Geographia. The work was considered one of the most influential cartographic accounts of the ancient world and served as inspiration for all Renaissance mapmakers. He compiled what was known of the world’s geography in the Roman Empire during his time (circa 90-168 AD). Ptolemy was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet. The earliest known manuscripts of Geographia date to 1300 and was first printed in 1477.
