 and contemporary of Lorenzo de' Medici. Berlinghieri is best known for 

his vernacular (contemporary Italian) version

’, the first edition to contain a translation into a modern language. His 'Geographia’ also included mythological, geographical and cartographical elements from various ancient and contemporary sources. Four so-called "modern maps" were added to the 27 Ptolemaic maps, all likely engraved by early map-seller Francesco Rosselli.

Berlinghieri's Ptolemaic world map with vibrant hand-drawn colour