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Britannia et Hibernia.
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Britannia et Hibernia.

This is Karl von Spruner’s 1865 map of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Britannia et Hibernia) in antiquity. Shows names of ancient tribes and peoples and the areas they inhabited. In addition to the main map there are three insets detailing Hadrian’s Wall, Britannia according to the Alexandrian cartographer Ptolemy, and Britannia according to Strabo. Map includes a scale and a legend in the upper-left quadrant. Map notes important cities, rivers, mountain ranges and other minor topographical detail. Territories and countries outlined in color. The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting throughout the fine craftsmanship of the Perthes firm.

Date
1865
Place
the British Isles
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Sheets
2
Original size
3,500 × 3,874 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Britannia et Hibernia." (1865). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1865_Spruner_Map_of_the_British_Isles_(England,_Scotland,_Ireland)_-_Geographicus_-_Britannia-spruner-1865.jpg

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