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 FRA MAURO'S MAP OF THE WORLD (1459)

ORIGINAL IN THE BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA, VENICE

IN THIS REPRODUCTIOX THE ORIENTATION OF THE ORIGINAL IS REVERSED; THE CONTOVRS ARE REPRODUCED WITH EXACTNESS, BUT THE MOUNTAIN-RANGES ONLY APPROXIMATELY; CITIES ARE DENOTED BY NAME AND NOT BY BIRD's-EYE VIEW AS IN THE ORIGINAIi