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Deutsch: Karte der Antarktis. Maßstab [ca. 1:40,000,000]. farbig, 34 × 41 cm.
English: Map of Antarctica. Scale [ca. 1:40,000,000]. Col., 34 × 41 cm.
Français : Carte de l'Antarctique, échelle 1:40 000 000e, couleur, 34 × 41 cm.
Português: Mapa da Antárctica. Escala [ca. 1:40,000,000]. Cor., 34 × 41 cm.
עברית : מפת אנטרטיקה (קנה מידה 1:40,000,000).
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Stieler Handatlas, 9. von Grund aus neubearb. und neugestochene Aufl. 8. berichtigter Abdruck. Verlag J. Perthes, Gotha, 1912.

This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division
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Petermann, A.; Habenicht, H.; Böhmer, C.

August Heinrich Petermann  (1822–1878)  wikidata:Q63230 s:en:Author:August Heinrich Petermann
 
August Heinrich Petermann
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August Peterman; August Heinrich Petermann; Petermann; August Heinrich PETERMANN
Description German cartographer, scientific illustrator and geographer
Date of birth/death 18 April 1822 Edit this at Wikidata 25 September 1878 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bleicherode Gotha
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Hermann Habenicht  (1844–1917)  wikidata:Q13377354
 
Description geographer
Date of birth/death 3 March 1844 Edit this at Wikidata 30 March 1917 / 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gotha Gotha
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creator QS:P170,Q13377354
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current16:50, 3 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 16:50, 3 October 20194,940 × 4,296 (17.94 MB)Reseletti (talk | contribs)cropped some whitespace, without reencoding
22:15, 17 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 22:15, 17 March 20105,676 × 4,763 (17.84 MB)Christoph Braun (talk | contribs)revised to baseline "standard", progressive compression removed, used edited tif as bias (see other versions)
21:06, 15 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:06, 15 March 20105,676 × 4,763 (16.32 MB)Christoph Braun (talk | contribs)reverted to 300dpi
17:24, 14 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:24, 14 March 20105,676 × 4,763 (16.32 MB)Christoph Braun (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Map of Antarctica. Scale [ca. 1:40,000,000]. Col., 34 x 41 cm.}} {{de|1=Karte der Antarktis. Maßstab [ca. 1:40,000,000]. farbig, 34 x 41 cm.}} |Source={{LOC-map|id=g9800.ct000774}} |Author=Petermann, A.; Habenicht, H.; B

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