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World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio)
Rumold MercatorDated 1587
Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland
Engraved and hand-coloured double hemisphere world map by Rumold Mercator (1545-1599), a reduced version of Gerard Mercator's 1569 map (without the Mercator projection), originally published in Duisburg in 1587.
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- Title: World map (Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio)
- Creator: Rumold Mercator
- Date Created: Dated 1587
- Physical Location: Chester Beatty, Dublin, Ireland
- Location Created: Duisburg, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: 290 x 520 mm
- Original Language: Latin
- Type: Engraving
- Original Source: Chester Beatty
- Rights: © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
- Medium: Paper, Ink, Pigment
- Collection Number: CBL Wep 4180
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