|
Date: |
|
Description: | Map of the British Isles produced in Italy, illustrating the text of the Latin translation (1406) of Claudius Ptolemy's "Geographia" (of ca. 150 AD). The map is not Ptolemaic but a simplified version of an Italian nautical chart showing England and Scotland separated by a isthmus. This may also be the first map to name the English Channel: "britanicus oceanus nunc canalites Anglie" | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
|