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English: Low resolution scan of the Mercator map of 1569. Copied from http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/ with the permission of Wilhelm Kruecken
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Author Gerhard Mercator

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Low resolution scans of the 1569 Mercator map (Basel) made by Wilhelm Kruecken (Dusseldorf). He has granted permission for the copying of these images from http://www.wilhelmkruecken.de/

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current 09:29, 11 September 2013 Thumbnail for version as of 09:29, 11 September 20131,177 × 754 (608 KB)Chiswick ChapOverlap down middle removed
16:34, 27 January 2012 Thumbnail for version as of 16:34, 27 January 20121,239 × 754 (437 KB)Peter Mercator
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