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Laurent Fries
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Ptolemy, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer
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English: 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.
Norsk bokmål: Kart fra Nasjonalbibliotekets kartsamling. Kartet er gitt ut i Wien (1541) og viser Verdenskart.
Date 1541
date QS:P571,+1541-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Flickr: Laurent Fries verdenskart, 1541
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