Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century
Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century
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Donis Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century Donnus Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century Nicholas, the German, active 15th century Nicholaus Germanus, active 15th century Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent.
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found: Ptolemy. The Geography, 1991: Pref., p. xv (Donnus Nicolaus Germanus; geographical editor and copyist); Intro., p. 10 (Donnus Nicolaus erroneously called Donis Nicolaus in the Ulm ed. of Ptolemy of 1482); Dedication, p. 19 (Donnus Nicholaus Germanus)
found: LC manual cat., 08-20-92 (hdg.: Nicolaus Germanus, 15th cent.)
found: The earliest printed maps 1472-1500, 1987: p. 123 ("Some scholars have supposed that Nicolaus Germanus should be identified with Nicolaus Laurentii (Niccolò Tedesco), the Florentine printer of Berlinghieri's Geographia. This 'Nicholas the German" worked as a stationer and miniaturist in Ferrara in the 1450s ... Others ... deny the connection between the cartographaer and printer ...")
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1992-08-20: new
2013-03-15: revised
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