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Terrestrial globe gores.

Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Reissued by Giuseppe di Rossi in 1615. Dedication in upper hemisphere: Illmo. viro optimaraq. artium amatori et Fautori D. Paulo Mellino Romano. In lower hemisphere: I. Hondius Lectori S. In locorum longitudine. Longitudines incepimus non ab Insulis Fortunatis ut Ptolome us, sed ab iis quae acores vocantur quod acus nautica ibi recta in septentrionem vergat Vale. Anno 1615. Gores for a 19 cm. globe. Includes ill. Mounted on cloth.

Date
1615
Mapmaker / publisher
Hondius, Jodocus; Rossi, Giuseppe Di
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
9,318 × 4,384 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Terrestrial globe gores." (1615). Hondius, Jodocus; Rossi, Giuseppe Di. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestrial_globe_gores._LOC_2008627640.jpg

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