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Named after Alberto Cantino, who smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502, while spying for the Duke of Ferrara: It is the earliest surviving chart showing explorations of Columbus to Central America, Corte-Real to Newfoundland, Gama to India and Cabral to Brazil.
Cantino planisphere 1502 — Named after Alberto Cantino, who smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502, while spying for the Duke of Ferrara: It is the earliest surviving chart showing explorations of Columbus to Central America, Corte-Real to Newfoundland, Gama to India and Cabral to Brazil.
Photo Credit: By anonymous Portuguese (1502) - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena, Italy, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26117950
Cantino planisphere 1502 Named after Alberto Cantino, who smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502, while spying for the Duke of Ferrara: It is the earliest surviving chart showing explorations of Columbus to Central America, Corte-Real to Newfoundland, Gama to India and Cabral to Brazil.
A miniature from Il Milione
Photo Credit: By Unknown - "The Travels of Marco Polo" ("Il milione"), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31605
Polo's Travels
Photo Credit: By SY - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65935594
Mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, in Genoa, Italy
Marco Polo — Mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, in Genoa, Italy
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Marco Polo Mosaic of Marco Polo displayed in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi, in Genoa, Italy
cropped
Marco Polo — cropped
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Marco Polo cropped
Delle meravigliose cose del mondo, 1496
Photo Credit: By Polo, Marco - Available in the BEIC digital library and uploaded in partnership with BEIC Foundation., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39722930
This from the Italian version
Page from Travels of Marco Polo — This from the Italian version "Il Milione", Chapter CXXIII and CXXIV
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Page from Travels of Marco Polo This from the Italian version "Il Milione", Chapter CXXIII and CXXIV
Polo's World
Photo Credit: By Henry Yule - The Book of Ser Marco Polo. London, 1871, vol. I, p. cxxxv (https://archive.org/stream/bookofsermarcopo01polo#page/n145/mode/2up)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38932142
Marco Polo's Route
Photo Credit: By Asie.svg: historicair 20:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)derivative work: Classical geographer (talk) - Background map is Asie.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8297839
Title page of a 1830 copy of The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi - by Joseph Smith, JR
Book of Mormon Title Page — Title page of a 1830 copy of The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi - by Joseph Smith, JR
Photo Credit: By Joseph Smith, Jr. - Joseph Smith, Jr.. Image from The Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4280840
Book of Mormon Title Page Title page of a 1830 copy of The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi - by Joseph Smith, JR
Smith said the plates were found on the west side near the peak of Mormon Hill - here shown facing south in an 1841 engraving from the book Historical Collections of the State of New York (1841) by John Barber and Henry Howe.
1841 Mormon Hill — Smith said the plates were found on the west side near the peak of Mormon Hill - here shown facing south in an 1841 engraving from the book Historical Collections of the State of New York (1841) by John Barber and Henry Howe.
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1841 Mormon Hill Smith said the plates were found on the west side near the peak of Mormon Hill - here shown facing south in an 1841 engraving from the book Historical Collections of the State of New York (1841) by John Barber and Henry Howe.