Hi HN,<p>I happened to have this 1602 world map that first detailed five continents, if you don't know what I am talking about check it out here:<p>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/13/1602-chinese-map-washington<p>Wikipedia:<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu<p>Preview:<p>http://i.imgur.com/jFBdO.jpg<p>Download it here<p>http://est.im/downloads/KunYuWanGuoQuanTu.rar (35MB)<p>two 12020x10772 jpeg for western sphere and eastern sphere, plus one 6351x2880 jpeg global map<p>Enjoy!<p>Credits: http://bbs.godeyes.cn/showtopic-210833.aspx<p>looks like the picture is released to public domain. Correct me if I am wrong.
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