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Globus terrestris RMG L6849-001
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Globus terrestris RMG L6849-001

Globus terrestrisSingle sheet. A world map drawn on a polar hemispherical projection with the prime meridian through the Canary Islands. The map is decorated with ships and sea-creatures. Winds are depicted at the corners and the borders of the page are decorated with the portraits of six astronomers ('AZOPHI ARABUS, HERMETUS, HERMANUS CONTRACTUS, ARATUS CILIX, NICEPHORUS, MESSAHALLUS') and scientific instruments. Jost Amman's monogram is in the lower right decorative side panel. Globus terrestris. Front.

Date
1564
Mapmaker / publisher
Jost Amman
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
3,228 × 4,800 pixels

Public domainsafest

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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"Globus terrestris RMG L6849-001" (1564). Jost Amman, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Globus_terrestris_RMG_L6849-001.tiff

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