Eratosthenis systema geographicvm, envcleabat Gosselin M.DCCC.III

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Printed map. Late 18th century reproduction of original map by Eratosthenis, third century B.C. Visual scale. In lower right margin, "Boerner sct." McMaster's copy has been affixed in cover folder, with two other maps (RMC_5491 and RMC_5493). Cover has a handwritten label reading, "3 Karten zu Arat, Eratosthenes, Dionysius Perigeles [signed] W. Matthias, 1816". Possible connection to cartographer, Wilhelm Heinrich Matthias (active 1803-1830)? Penciled in upper right margin: II. Eratosthenes.

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Title: Eratosthenis systema geographicvm, envcleabat Gosselin M.DCCC.III
Creator
Subject: World maps
Description: Printed map. Late 18th century reproduction of original map by Eratosthenis, third century B.C. Visual scale. In lower right margin, "Boerner sct." McMaster's copy has been affixed in cover folder, with two other maps (RMC_5491 and RMC_5493). Cover has a handwritten label reading, "3 Karten zu Arat, Eratosthenes, Dionysius Perigeles [signed] W. Matthias, 1816". Possible connection to cartographer, Wilhelm Heinrich Matthias (active 1803-1830)? Penciled in upper right margin: II. Eratosthenes.
Publisher: Steindruck aus der Offizin des Hofbuchdruckers C. F Müller
Contributor: Gosselin, Pascal François Joseph, 1751-1830
Date: 1797
Type
Format: map
Identifier: macrepo:22615, local: RMC_5492
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Language: lat, ger
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