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- Cartographer/Publisher: Johann Baptist Homann
- Printing Technique: Copper Plate
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Topic: Maps
- Year: 1703
- Date Range: 1700-1799
- Country/Region: Belgium, Holland
