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
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