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Latina: Asia ex magna Orbis terrae descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio & industria G.M. Iunioris
English: Asia from the great World [atlas] described by Gerhard Mercator, selected with zeal and diligence by Gerhard Mercator the Younger
English: Fragment - Tartaria and adjacent areas
Date Originally published 1595; this is a 1628 reprint.
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English: An antique map from the Special Collection "China in Maps" of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library, reproduced by the HKUST Library in the book "China in European Maps", Hong Kong, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
中文：一幅古代的地图从香港科技大学图书馆 ( 地圖中國 - 圖書館特藏展). 在书"China in European Maps", 香港, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9.
Русский: Старинная карта из специальной коллекции Библиотеки Гонконгского научно-технического университета. Опубликована этой библиотекой в книге "China in European Maps" (Китай на европейских картах), Гонконг, 2003. ISBN 962-86403-9-9, тиражом 1000 экз. См. также каталог выставки, Special Collection "China in Maps".
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Gerardus Mercator  (1512–1594)  wikidata:Q6353 s:it:Autore:Gerardo Mercatore q:en:Gerardus Mercator
 
Gerardus Mercator
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Gerardo Mercatore; Gerard De Kremer; Gerard de Cremere; Gerhard Mercator; Gérard Mercator
Description mathematician, geographer and cartographer
Date of birth/death 5 March 1512 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1594 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Rupelmonde Duisburg
Work period from 1535 until 1592
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1592-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Leuven, Duisburg
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creator QS:P170,Q6353
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(Reusing this file)		 Author died more than 70 years ago - public domain
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