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Number: 3600
Continent: Africa
Region: North
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Year of Origin: 1584
Title: AFR: IIII. TAB:
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Language: Latin
Publish Origin: Cologne
Height: 29.0
Width: 45.0
Units: centimeters
Size Class.: Large
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Color Type: No Color
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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy [Ptolemaeus]
 Gerard-Gerhard Mercator
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Publisher: Gerard-Gerhard Mercator
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Notes: [spurce Swaen] Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), the great Flemish geographer, produced the most faithful and accurate edition of Ptolemy?s geography. In particular, his maps conformed more closely to Ptolemy?s original design than any of the several earlier editions. Mercator?s became the standard text, with many editions
Last updated: Jan 17, 2020