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Summary
Print of Abraham Ortelius based on painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
Illus. in Narrative and critical history of America / Winsor. 1886, v. 4, p. 372.
Reference copy in BIOG. FILE - Mercator, Gerhard.
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Date
01/01/1886
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Library of Congress
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