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Tiny shipwrecks dot the Aegean - to get a sense of the detailed engraving work consider that the tiny ship at bottom measures just 12 mm from the top of its mainmast to the waterline
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Tiny shipwrecks dot the Aegean - to get a sense of the detailed engraving work consider that the tiny ship at bottom measures just 12 mm from the top of its mainmast to the waterline

ARRIAN'S WORLD as depicted by ORTELIUS, 1624

Date
1624
Mapmaker / publisher
Abraham Ortelius
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
746 × 750 pixels

Public domain

Reason: its maker died long enough ago that the copyright has expired.

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"Tiny shipwrecks dot the Aegean - to get a sense of the detailed engraving work consider that the tiny ship at bottom measures just 12 mm from the top of its mainmast to the waterline" (1624). Abraham Ortelius, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiny_shipwrecks_dot_the_Aegean_-_to_get_a_sense_of_the_detailed_engraving_work_consider_that_the_tiny_ship_at_bottom_measures_just_12_mm_from_the_top_of_its_mainmast_to_the_waterline.jpg

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