Still, when all due allowance is made for these drawbacks, there is no denying that Ptolemy's map of North-Eastern Africa bears a wonderful resemblance to reality—just the resemblance that might ...

Produced in 1507 by explorer, astrologer, and cartographer Johannes Ruysch, The Ruysch Map is one of the first published illustrations of the New World. Ruysch used Claudius Ptolemy’s calculations, ...