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Briet - Map of the Ancient World (Europe, Africa, Asia, Terre Australe) - This scarce map is from Philippe Briet's Theatre géographique de l'Europe, contenant la division de ses royaumes et provinces . The work was published in Paris by P. Mariette in 1653. Philippus Brietius (1601-1688) was a French Jesuit historian and cartographer.