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Dear Susan, I am an editor of Wikipedia. Regarding your message below, could provide a better translation of the book title so that I can correct the article? If you wish you can of course edit the correction yourself; if you need any indications on how to do it please do not hesitate to ask me via private e-mail. Best regards, Hispalois From: [email protected]: [email protected]: Mon, 30 May 2011 14:19:58 +1000Subject: Re: [MapHist] Cosmographiae Introduction notesSpeaking of Latin, being ignorant of Waldseemuller I looked up Wikipedia (naturally)and discovered this outrageous but witty translation in their article on the Cosmographia Introductio: From Wikipedia:'The full title of the book is: "Cosmographiae introductio cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii navigationes. Universalis Cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis, quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt."(roughly: An introduction to Cosmography, with various geometry and astronomy principles being its necessary object. As well as Amerigo Vespucci’s four voyages, general Cosmography, of which Ptolemy was as ignorant as a baby, is also included and is described plainly and in detail.)'Susan(PhD candidate, Classics, Australian National University)
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