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    AD 1459 · 15th century · Venice

    Fra Mauro world map

    Fra Mauro

    Venice's encyclopaedic world, drawn south-up.

    View on the atlas → La Rotta e il Catasto

    Detailed south-up world map made by Fra Mauro
    Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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    Cartographer Fra Mauro

    Tags

    • world map
    • Venice
    • trade
    • cosmography

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    Bibliography

    • Harley, J. B. The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
    • Brotton, Jerry. A History of the World in Twelve Maps. London: Allen Lane, 2012.

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