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DescriptionEast-Hem 477ad.jpg	Eastern Hemisphere in 477 AD.
Source	self-made (For reference information, see the Map Source References section below.)
Author	Thomas Lessman (Contact!)
Permission (Reusing this file)	I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue
Other versions	see East-Hem_477ad.jpg file history on Wikipedia.

• 2008-01-30 21:43 Talessman 3240×1903×8 (771773 bytes) Updated version, many corrections and improvements
• 2007-07-21 20:25 Talessman 1973×1159×8 (2352310 bytes) Author: Thomas A. Lessman. Source URL: http://www.ThomasLessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_477ad.jpg. Image was created by me (Thomas Lessman) based on historical information located on Wikipedia, as well as information from maps located in Wikipedia and

Original Source URL: http://www.thomaslessman.com/History/images/East-Hem_476ad.jpg.

This map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 477 AD was created by Thomas Lessman, based on information from the sources listed below. This map is free for educational use (see Permission info above). When using this map, please mention that it is available for free at www.WorldHistoryMaps.info.

• Remember, sources often conflict with each other. This map is only as accurate as the information that is available to me. To report any errors or to help further this work, please click here, or email Thomas Lessman at talessman@yis.us

References for information contained in this map:

1. Borders of Europe are mostly derived from the Euratlas.com map of Europe in 500 AD.

2. Borders of Britain are derived from the "EarlyBritishKingdoms.com", map of map Britain in 475 AD.

3. Borders of Asian countries derive from various Wikipedia articles and Google history map searches.

4. Some information is derived from Wikimedia's map of The world in 500 CE, created by User:Javierfv1212.

5. Much of the information in this map was cross-checked with Bruce Gordon's Regnal Chronologies.