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1581 Bunting clover leaf map
1581 Bunting clover leaf map
Wikimedia Commons features 1581 Bunting clover leaf map, photographed or created by Heinrich Bünting.
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Stylized world map in the shape of a clover-leaf (the three classical continents of Europe, Asia, Africa), with Jerusalem at the center, with additional indication of Great Britain, Scandinavia and America / the New World. Page 4f. of Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers (1581), printed in Magdeburg.