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Typus Orbis Terrarum Iodocus Hondius fecit 1589 RMG S0162
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Typus Orbis Terrarum Iodocus Hondius fecit 1589 RMG S0162

Typus Orbis Terrarum Iodocus Hondius fecit 1589Heart shaped projection in circular framework mounted between glass. This miniature world map is one of the earliest world maps engraved in England. It contains many scriptural references, including quotations from the Psalms, and shows the world hanging from a cord held by the hand of God. The map depicts results of Drake's circumnavigation, most obviously the name of 'In. Regina Elizab' near Tierra del Fuego. World Map Typus Orbis Terrarum by Jodocus Hondius 1589

Date
1589
Mapmaker / publisher
Jodocus Hondius
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
720 × 720 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Typus Orbis Terrarum Iodocus Hondius fecit 1589 RMG S0162" (1589). Jodocus Hondius, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typus_Orbis_Terrarum_Iodocus_Hondius_fecit_1589_RMG_S0162.jpg

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