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Sauce: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/111845638304911489

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Sauce: https://c.im/@dangerousmeredith/110680821303834096

The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today.

Source: Wikipedia

I find it interesting that the maker chose to orient the map east upwards.

[Image description: an old map of the coast of southern and western Norway, decorated at the top with scenes of fisherman and pastoral life]

Sauce: https://botsin.space/@artefactCollection/110652476838849272