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Summary
Illus. in: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm : [1595]
Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 102.
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Date
01/01/1595
Contributors
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Source
Library of Congress
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