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Vespucci World Map (Historical Map)

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Title:	Vespucci World Map
Description:	Polar projection of the world
Creator:	Juan Vespucci
Date:	1524

Historical Map Item Type Metadata

Cartographer:	Juan Vespucci
Call Number:	51-2573
URL or Unique Identifier:	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:595281?buttons=y
Date Published:	1524

Tags:	16th century, Bodies of Water, calculation lines, castle, coastlines, engraving, equator, globe, hand pointing, IC, italy, latin, Latitude, longitute, missing coastlines, mountains, no political boundary lines, polar projection, rivers, shading, tropics, vespucci, world map

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Item: Projection and latitude and longitude lines	is extracted from	This Item
Item: Land and water boundaries	is extracted from	This Item
Item: Additional features	is extracted from	This Item
Item: Text	is extracted from	This Item

Citation

Juan Vespucci, “Vespucci World Map,” HIST 1952, accessed March 2, 2021, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/149.