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Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei.
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Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei.

Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations of winds. Mounted on cloth and laminated. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 47

Date
1541
Mapmaker / publisher
Fries, Lorenz; Trechsel, Gaspard; Ptolemy
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
6,432 × 4,738 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei." (1541). Fries, Lorenz; Trechsel, Gaspard; Ptolemy. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typus_orbis_descriptione_Ptolemaei._LOC_2017585807.jpg

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