Tabula nova Hibernie Anglie et Scotie

Single sheet. Hand col. woodblock. Medium: Linen backing. Physical description Note: Pigment discoloured. Scale: [ca. 1:4 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude. Scale in Italian miles. Additional Places: Ireland, England, Scotland. Contents Note: Shows the island of Brazil just west of Ireland.
From Waldseemuller/ Schott's 1513 edition of Ptolemy's Geographiae (copy at PBC3994).

Object Details

ID: G296:11/4
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waldseemuller, Martin; Ptolemy, Claudius
Places: Ireland; England Scotland
Date made: 1513
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 37 x 52cm, on sheet 44 x 57cm.