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Thrace, by Joan Janssonius - 1662
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Thrace, by Joan Janssonius - 1662

Full title is Thraciae Veteris Typus Ex conatibus Geographicis Abrab. Ortelij; Petrus Kaerius Caelavit. Engraving by Joan Janssonius, published in Amsterdam at 1662. Map published in Jansson's Atlas, is a reprint(with minor changes) of a 1585 map by Abraham Ortelius ( There is also a listing of byzantine place names. Reference: Koeman I / 7760H:1; Zacharakis No. 1051

Date
1660s
Mapmaker / publisher
Joan Janssonius
Place
the Ottoman Empire
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,238 × 1,700 pixels

Public domain

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