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PSM V16 D518 Mercator first map 1538 ad

Mercator's first map 1538 AD.

Date
1879–1880
Mapmaker / publisher
Gerardus Mercator
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,137 × 743 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

"PSM V16 D518 Mercator first map 1538 ad" (1879–1880). Gerardus Mercator, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V16_D518_Mercator_first_map_1538_ad.jpg

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