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Description

Latin: Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio

English: Planisphere made by Rumold Mercator, 1587
Español: Planisferio realizado por Rumold Mercator, 1587
Date 1587
Source Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et fabricati figura (publ. 1595)
Author Rumold Mercator

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