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Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumq(ue) tractus arcticus et antarticus ex Platone, Theopompo sive Aeliano, Manilio &tc.

Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio regis ad Vicennium 1704." Includes text directly above and below hemispheres lacking in other 1704 edition. Shows California as an island.

Date
1704
Mapmaker / publisher
Sanson, Nicolas; Somer, J
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
8,718 × 6,138 pixels

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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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"Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumq(ue) tractus arcticus et antarticus ex Platone, Theopompo sive Aeliano, Manilio &tc." (1704). Sanson, Nicolas; Somer, J. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbis_vetus_et_orbis_veteris_utraque_continens,_terrarumq(ue)_tractus_arcticus_et_antarticus_ex_Platone,_Theopompo_sive_Aeliano,_Manilio_%26tc._LOC_2017585677.jpg

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