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Typus Orbis Descriptione Ptolemaei - Gaspar Treschel, 1541
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Typus Orbis Descriptione Ptolemaei - Gaspar Treschel, 1541

A World Map as Written Down by Ptolemy (Typus Orbis Descriptione Ptolemaei) by Laurent Fries from Gaspar Trechsel's 1541 reprint of his 1522 maps for Ptolemy's Geography.

Date
1541
Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
4,400 × 2,756 pixels

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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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"Typus Orbis Descriptione Ptolemaei - Gaspar Treschel, 1541" (1541). Ptolemy, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typus_Orbis_Descriptione_Ptolemaei_-_Gaspar_Treschel,_1541.jpg

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