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Description: The so-called "Christian Knight map", published by Flemish map-maker Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam in 1597. To produce the map, Hondius made use of Edward Wright's mathematical methods without acknowledgement.
Title: JodocusHondius-ChristianKnightMap-1597
Credit: Plate 161 of Rodney W[alter] Shirley (2001) The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472–1700 (4th ed.), Riverside, Conn.: Early World Press, p. 218 ISBN: 0970351801. Reproduced as fig. 5.4 of Mark [Stephen] Monmonier (2004) Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, p. 69 ISBN: 0-226-53431-6 (hbk.).
Author: Jodocus Hondius
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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