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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

World Map 17th Century

Description: Exceptional map of the world made in 1650 by the Dutch publisher Jan Jansson (Johannes Janssonius). Such maps, showing comtemporary geopraphy with ancient place names, were popular in the post-renaissance period.

(Highest res.: jpg, 3500 x 2762 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 2,87 MB)