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World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio) (CBL Wep 4180)
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World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio) (CBL Wep 4180)

World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio). Engraved world map by Rumold Mercator, originally published in Duisburg in 1587. This is a reduced version of Gerard Mercator's 1569 map. Chester Beatty Library Wep 4180

Date
1587
Mapmaker / publisher
Rumold Mercator
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
11,075 × 6,059 pixels

Public domainsafest

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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"World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio) (CBL Wep 4180)" (1587). Rumold Mercator, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_(Orbis_terrae_compendiosa_descriptio)_(CBL_Wep_4180).jpg

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