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English: A c. AD 50 Roman globe depiction with a north pole mountain like later time magnet mountains. Found in the Boscoreale villa near Pompeii. Size of original 61 x 39.7 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund 1903. It is less known because it was originally misinterpreted as a sundial. But "This detail clearly shows a globe drawn in approximate perspective." (Woodward & Harley, The History of Cartography, Vol 1, 1987)
Date c. AD 50
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