Johann Ruysch's world map--the first printed map delineating
                                any part of the New World based upon information derived from the
                                post-Columbian voyages

The Bernardo Mendel Collection: an exhibit

PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. ... Geographiae ... MDVIII. Rome [Bernardus Venetus de Vitalibus]

Folio, 209 unnumbered leaves, including 34 double-page maps, hand colored. Bound in original blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with the arms of Peter Falck of Fribourg.

Lilly Library call number: G1005 1508 vault

Johann Ruysch's world map--the first printed map delineating any part of the New World based upon information derived from the post-Columbian voyages

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