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Monachus 1527 globe map 01

{{en|1=A map of the world (c.1527) by Monachus showing two halves of the globe that he had constructed. For full descriptions of the globe see w:Franciscus Monachus. Placenames: (Europe), (Russia), (Mongolia), (Turkey), ("Other India"; Malaysia), (Siberia/the American South), (China/Texas), ? (Dragon's Head peninsula/), (Dragon's Head peninsula/Central America); (Dragon's Head peninsula/Colombia); ? (Dragon's Head peninsula/Venezuela); (Dragon's Head peninsula/Brazil); (North Africa); (Saharan Africa); (Egypt & Sudan). The South Atlantic and Antarctica marked with.

Date
c. 1527
Mapmaker / publisher
Franciscus Monachus (Francis the Monk)
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,804 × 976 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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

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"Monachus 1527 globe map 01" (c. 1527). Franciscus Monachus (Francis the Monk), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monachus_1527_globe_map_01.png

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