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Typus Orbis Ptol Descriptus

"The Map of the World Described by Ptolemy", a world map using his second projection, from one of Sebastian Münster's editions of the Geography.

Mapmaker / publisher
Ptolemy
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
2,185 × 1,700 pixels

Public domain

Reason: its maker died more than 70 years ago.

This status rests on the map's publication history, as researched by Wikimedia Commons. Check it before commercial use.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-70-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

Credit line

"Typus Orbis Ptol Descriptus". Ptolemy, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typus_Orbis_Ptol_Descriptus.jpg

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