MEDIEVAL DISTORTIONS: THE PROJECTIONS OF ANCIENT MAPS
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Association of American Geographers
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0004-5608,1467-8306
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1966.tb00562.x