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Planisphere
One sheet, The map in the image is a vintage pictorial world map.
Specifically, it is identified as "Planisphère" by the artist R. Merigeau, created in 1945.
This type of map, also known as a pictorial map or "carte-à-figures," is characterized by its artistic and decorative elements, such as the ships and birds visible in the oceans. The artist R. Merigeau is a cartographer from the Dutch Golden Age.
The term "planisphere" was originally used by Claudius Ptolemy in the second century to describe a map that represented the spherical Earth on a flat plane.
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Planisphere