Ptolemy's Mappamundi

The Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy wrote the so-called Geography (Mappaemundi and Ptolemy's Chorographia). The work, written over eight volumes, includes more than 5,000 places in the known world, completed with a number of maps. It is considered the first cartographical treatise with a mathematical and astronomical foundation.

Ptolemy's work, written in Greek in the 2nd century, was translated into Latin in the 15th century, becoming a reference for the study of the world. It includes the Mediterranean Sea surrounded by the lands known at the time, with a large number of place names.

This work is a later reproduction based on the original work. It was created in the 15th century by Jacobus Angelus, who produced the original translation.