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Map of the Wind

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Created by 18th-century German mapmaker Matthäus Seutter. Seutter seems to have the most amazing colours in all his maps.

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Posted by on April 14, 2008 1:20 PM |

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Coloured by hand, a big sweatshop industry attached to the print trade...

Gorgeous!

Giles (brother of Patrick)

Posted by: Anonymous | April 30, 2008 5:42 AM

Very interesting!

Posted by: Ferrus | April 18, 2008 12:16 PM

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