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English: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographia Universalis libri VI, Basel: Henrich Petri, 1550, p. 1. This engraving opens chapter 1: "On the creation and disposition of the primordial earth and sea". |
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| Source | Gattei, Stefano (2014). "An Original Fake: Closing the Debate on Flammarion's Engraving". In Beretta, Marco; Conforti, Maria (eds.). Fakes!?: Hoaxes, Counterfeits, and Deception in Early Modern Science. Sagamore Beach: Science History Publications/USA. p. 206–265. ISBN 978-0881354959. |
| Author | Münster, Sebastian (1550). Cosmographia Universalis libri VI. Heinrich Petri, Basel. |
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