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English: Comparison of the the 1513 Piri Reis map's Caribbean coastline (left) to the 1492 Martin Behaim globe's Asian coastline (right)
This image was produced using the following public domain maps:
The Behaim Globe coasts are from the Encyclopedia Larousse Illustree (1898) reproduction. Both the Behaim and Piri Reis' coasts have been reduced to monochrome. All land from the Behaim globe is in white. The Cuban "mainland" and Hispaniola from the Piri Reis map are in white; islands from the map are not colored in. Additional sources:
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| current | 02:17, 12 September 2023 | | 1,482 × 685 (325 KB) | Rjjiii | smaller file size |
| 17:30, 29 July 2023 |  | 1,482 × 685 (3.01 MB) | Rjjiii | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
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