(World) Universalis Tabula Iuxta.... Italia An interesting glimpse

An interesting glimpse

with vignettes and notations throughout that endeavor

and angel and sea monster

Compiling images from NASA

(World) Universalis Tabula Iuxta.... Italia An interesting glimpseUniversalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemaeum It must have felt so dramatic at the end of the 18th century to look back at the Ptolemaic understanding of the world and see how small and confined it was thought to be for centuries. This crisp engraving takes a look back at the "world as known to the ancients", and the foundational geography of Ptolemy. Condition is good, with very close margins. Image size is approximately 11 x 16. 5 (inches),