PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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loci terre habitabiles ‘inhabited world’

Latin

References: Alm. Gerard: I.2:23, f. 2r:28
Translation of:
Arabic: العامرة من الأرض [Alm. MS Leiden: I.2:23, f. 3r:25]