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Ptolemaic Europe

A map combining the various regional maps of Europe from the Vatican Library's MS Urb. Gr. 83, folios 112 verso & 113 recto, a 15th-century Greek manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography

Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy
Place
Europe
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
2,119 × 1,519 pixels

Public domain

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

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"Ptolemaic Europe". Ptolemy. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ptolemaic_Europe.jpg

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