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Artist
Laurent Fries
Author
Ptolemy, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer
Description
English: A New World Map (Tabu. Nova Orbis) by Laurent Fries, one of the two modern world maps of the 1522 Strassburg edition of Ptolemy's 'Geography'; largely based on a 1513 map by Martin Waldseemüller.
Deutsch: Weltkarte des Laurent Fries, basierend auf der Waldseemüller Karte von 1513.
Date 1522
date QS:P571,+1522-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://www.vintage-map.com/en/Antique-Maps/World-Maps/Fries-World-Maps-1535::833.html
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  • 1525 Fries
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    1525 Fries
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    1541 Fries

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