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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:56:52 -0600
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Subject: Map Copyright Question
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Hello All,

Here is hopefully a straightforward question on map copyright:

Can an academic publication use as a cover illustration an image of a map
produced in 1545?

The map in question is _The World_  by Peter Apian as it appeared in
_Cosmographia_.

I'm guessing it is so far out of copyright and in the public domain, but
the patron needs an second opinion.

Thank you in advance,

John M. Anderson
Map Librarian and Director
Cartographic Information Center
Department of Geography & Anthropology
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

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