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The first editions of the map (1540–1545) are believed to be lost. Some references were collected and published by Emile
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Yet another edition was printed in 1552 in Rome. It was printed from four copper plates and is said to have been the closest to the original by
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The map is labeled principally in Latin, and in addition Greek is given for certain seas and regions. Early editions of the map displayed only the ancient Greek names for cities, however later editions also showed modern names.
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Examples of the 1545 edition have been rediscovered and it is now possible to reconstruct the map's history and content thus shedding light on the methodology and practice of early modern antiquarian
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Tolias, Giorgos. "Nikolaos
Sophianos's Map of Greece and the Transformation of Hellenism." Journal of Modern Greek Studies 19, no. 1 (201): 1-22.
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Nikolaos
Sophianos's Totius Graeciae Descriptio: The Resources, Diffusion and Function of a Sixteenth-Century Antiquarian Map of Greece
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Certain cities are given special representation on
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September 2014 List Recent Acquisitions of 15th-17th-Century Books. New York: E. K. Schreiber, 2014.
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also included 21 woodcut imaginary illustrations of Greek cities. Also, all of the over 2,000 place names are listed in the
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limited his geographical names to the contemporary second century place names, while
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