The Measurers:
a Flemish Image of Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century
Figure 10
Map of the Netherlands from Abraham Ortelius, His epitome of the theatre of the worlde (London, 1603).
The title-page explained that the maps were 'all newe grauen according to Geographicall measure. By Micheal Coignet. Mathematitian of Antwarpe'.
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