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Ptolemy in Book 2-7 has listed over 8,000 locations giving what he
thought to be the correct latitude + longitude of each

Reger appears to have started printing in 1486, his 1st
books being the Ptolemy. His latest work was done in 1499
in which year he left Ulm.
Ptolemy's work composed about 150 AD not only represents
teh extent of geographical knowledge in classical times; it
remained for more than 14 C (or until the time of Mercator)
the standard compendium.

From the maps of Donnus Nicolaus Germanus' (a German who
worked in Florence as comographer, illuminator + perhaps printer)
third (1468) manuscritp version of Ptolemy's Geographia were
printed those of the Ulm editions of 1482 + 1486.
Nicolaus had added new maps of Scandinavia + the North. showing Greekland - new world knwon before Columbus 8th map
Spain, Italy, Gual + Palestine. The Geographia
printed at Ulm presented for the 1st time a map of
Eastern Europe, the "Tabula Moderna Prussia, Norbegie, Gatcia
et Russia, extra Prolemeum posita", which has a special
explanatory chapter to iteslf in the 1486 edition.

The 1st four ed. may be stated to form the printed protypes of
the ancient maps in most of the later printed editions.
During the next 250 yrs Ptolemy's Geography in its constantly
improved forms, still continued to be the standard work on
the subject, so much so that upwards of 50 more editions
or colllateral works appeared before 1730.
Florence + Ulm ed. - first in which an attempt had been
made to bring Ptolemy up to date by the introduction of
modern maps.

Florence - only ed. in which the old Ptolemeian maps are
reproduced on the orignial projection with rectangular +
equi distant meridians or prarallels as used in the earliest
manuscript maps. In the other 3 ed. the maps are
all redrawn on new projections with slanting or curved
maidians + parallels.

Shortly after publication L. Holle went bankrupt. His stock was
Taken over by J. Reger who 4 years later put out a 2nd ed. with a printing of about
1000 copies.