File:Mercator north pole 1595.jpg
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Mercator's 1595 map of the Arctic. Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. "Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio" [1595]. First state, from his posthumously published atlas, Atlantis pars altera. |
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See also: 1606 reissue - Jodocus Hondius. ]
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| current | 11:32, 14 March 2008 | | 1,700 × 1,606 (1.13 MB) | Pallidio~commonswiki | {{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} Maps made in the 16th century | Gerardus Mercator | Maps by Gerardus Mercator | 1595 | Old maps of the world | |
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