1486 Claude Ptolemy, Holle & Reger Antique Renaissance Map of Great Britain & Ireland - Rare England Another purpose of the voyage

Another purpose of the voyage was to explore the South Seas to determine if an inhabitable continent existed in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere

His re-engraving and publication of John Mitchells famous map of North America A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America in 1778

the first volume of his Histoire des Reptiles

Margins: - Light spotting

1486 Claude Ptolemy, Holle & Reger Antique Renaissance Map of Great Britain & Ireland - Rare England Another purpose of the voyageTitle : Prima Europe Tabula Date : 1486 Size: 20 1 2in x 15 1 2in (552mm x 397mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 92669 This original hand coloured wood block engraved very early, rare antique map of Great Britain & Ireland was published in the 1486 Ulm edition & translation of Claudius Ptolemys (87 150) text, published in the 2nd edition of Lienhart Holles & by Johann Reger atlas Claudii Ptolomei . Cosmographie Opus Donni Nicolai Germani Secvndvm