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Cosmographia Universale: Map showing Cicilia and Cyprus

Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: woodcut
Maker: Birckman, Arnold
Place made: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Date made: 1575
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 12 in x 8 in
Nomenclature: decorative
Classification: whales

Page from the book "Cosmographia Universale" with a map showing the island of Cyprus and the Anatolian coast. To the left of Cyprus is a whale. There are two inset boxes with typeset italic text. Page 1075; verso 1076.


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