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EB 1911 Map Fig 9

Caption: " —T map from Isidor of Seville's Origines." A schematic Latin T&O map with East (Oriens) at the top, South (Meridies) at the right, West (Occidens) at the bottom, and North (Septentrio) at the left. The central sea is labeled "The Great Sea or Mediterranean" (Mare magnum sive mediterraneum). The continents are labeled along with the son of Noah credited with its settlement: Europe and Japhet (Europa. Iaphet.), Africa and Ham (Africa. Ham.), and Asia and Shem (Sem. Asia.). Jerusalem (Hierusalem) is placed near the center of the world in western Asia; the Garden of Eden (Paradisus) is placed in the Far East.

Date
c. 1911
Mapmaker / publisher
Presumably Emery Walker
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,950 × 1,572 pixels

Public domain

Reason: a US government work.

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"EB 1911 Map Fig 9" (c. 1911). Presumably Emery Walker, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_1911_Map_Fig_9.png

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