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What 16th century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on top of an actual map of Europe (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

TY. Funny how German and Dutch switch meaning here:

meer – der See
zee – das Meer, die See.