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Mappe-Monde ou Carte Universelle
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Mappe-Monde ou Carte Universelle

This is a 1702 Nicholas de Fer map of the world which depicts the entire world according to its 17th century conception. The map is adorned by a beautiful title cartouche in the upper left quadrant and another illustration depicting a globe and flags is featured in the lower left quadrant. Spanish possessions are noted with boundaries color coded in red outline. Routes around the world are illustrated, as are a host of other interesting features (California as an Island, absence of Terra Australis).

Date
1702
Mapmaker / publisher
Nicolas de Fer
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,000 × 1,388 pixels

Public domain

Reason: its maker died long enough ago that the copyright has expired.

This status rests on the map's publication history, as researched by Wikimedia Commons. Check it before commercial use.

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

Credit line

"Mappe-Monde ou Carte Universelle" (1702). Nicolas de Fer, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mappe-monde_1702.jpg

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