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| Date: | 1513 |
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| Description: | This exquisite woodcut map is one of the first to show any part of North America. It originally appeared in the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy's Geogra... |
| Date: | 1576 |
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| Description: | Map of America. This is the oldest map in the Parker collection. It is based on the geography of Ortelius, who is considered to be the creator of the first... |
| Date: | 1570 |
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| Description: | Frontispiece for Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570, and considered the first modern atlas. Title is surrounded by four figures r... |
| Date: | 1556 |
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| Description: | One of the earliest obtainable maps to accurately (for its time) depict the Americas, this map shows more decorative than descriptive features. A few river... |
| Date: | 1566 |
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| Description: | Map showing the place names, rivers, and mountains of Europe, north-western Africa, the northern half of South America, and North America. Rhumb lines cros... |
| Community: | Milwaukee |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Chapelle of St. Martin de Sayssuel |
| Reference Number: | 110017 |
| Community: | Reedsburg |
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| County: | Sauk |
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| Reference Number: | 87732 |
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