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A slightly reworked version of Waldseemuller's map which appeared in his edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1513. Lorenz Fries' map adds an array of vignettes to depict the cultures of the r
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A slightly reworked version of Waldseemuller's map which appeared in his edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1513. Lorenz Fries' map adds an array of vignettes to depict the cultures of the r

Date
1535
Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy, active 2nd century; Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531, cartographer; Trechsel, Melchior, active 1529-1549, printer; Trechsel, Gaspard, active 1529-1549, printer; Waldseemüller, Martin
Place
South Asia
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
6,147 × 4,780 pixels

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"A slightly reworked version of Waldseemuller's map which appeared in his edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1513. Lorenz Fries' map adds an array of vignettes to depict the cultures of the r" (1535). Ptolemy, active 2nd century; Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531, cartographer; Trechsel, Melchior, active 1529-1549, printer; Trechsel, Gaspard, active 1529-1549, printer; Waldseemüller, Martin, via Wikimedia Commons. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B26055961A_-_Tabv_moder_Indiae.jpg

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