A section of a 1570 map by Abraham Ortelius
Taiwan is listed as Fermosa and is inaccurately portrayed as above the Tropic of Cancer.
- Date
- 1570
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Abraham Ortelius
- Place
- Taiwan
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 426 × 389 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.
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