Abridgement of Apianus' 1524 Cosmographicus liber, first published in this version in 1533. The Cosmographicus liber is notable for "the division of the earth into climatic zones, the uses of parallels and meridians, the determination of latitude, several methods for determining longitude including that of lunar distance, the use of trigonometry to determine distances, several types of map projections, and many other topics;" see Karrow.