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Europe as a queen map

Old map of Europe in the shape of a queen holding scepter and orb, with Portugal as her crown, Spain as her face, France as her below-the-neck area, lower Germany and Denmark as her left arm, Italy as her right arm (with Sicily as orb), and the rest of central and eastern Europe as the dress covering her torso and legs.

Date
16th century
Place
Europe
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,168 × 1,430 pixels

Public domain

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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Credit line

"Europe as a queen map" (16th century). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_as_a_queen_map.JPG

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