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Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis

Sunday, December 29th, 2013

Europa Prima Pars Terrae in Forma Virginis (1582) by Heinrich Bünting found this in yesterdays newspaper, next to an article comparing the current state of the European Union to the state of the Habsburg Empire right before its collapse. Not sure about that comparison, but the map is amazing.