De situ orbis libri tres; Aethici Cosmographi, H. Glareani compendiaria descriptio orbis terrarum.
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Title
De situ orbis libri tres; Aethici Cosmographi, H. Glareani compendiaria descriptio orbis terrarum.
Description
Shown here is the titlepage from a reprint of the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela's Description of the World. He described the world as it was perceived by the ancient Romans.
His work is presented as a circumnavigation of the known world at that time, including the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. The outer edges of all the continents remained unfamiliar to the Romans, and it was here that creatures of mythology were believed to exist.
Mela included historical, cultural, mythological as well as geographical information in his work, and numerous copies and translations circulated throughout Europe during this age of exploration.
Bound with this copy is Aethici Cosmographi by Henricus Glareanus.
Gift of Philip M. Arnold.
His work is presented as a circumnavigation of the known world at that time, including the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe. The outer edges of all the continents remained unfamiliar to the Romans, and it was here that creatures of mythology were believed to exist.
Mela included historical, cultural, mythological as well as geographical information in his work, and numerous copies and translations circulated throughout Europe during this age of exploration.
Bound with this copy is Aethici Cosmographi by Henricus Glareanus.
Gift of Philip M. Arnold.
Creator
Mela, Pomponius
Publisher
Apud Ioan. Libert
Date
1619
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Collection
Citation
Mela, Pomponius, “De situ orbis libri tres; Aethici Cosmographi, H. Glareani compendiaria descriptio orbis terrarum.,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 5, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/7722.