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Cartographic Invention: The Southern Continent on Vatican MS Urb. Lat. 274, Folios 73v-74r (c.1530).

The largely unstudied anonymous manuscript world map of c.1530 that is Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana MS Urb. Lat. 274, folios 73v-74r, has a hypothetical southern continent. This unusual feature forms an extravagant ring of land around the South Pole and is full of toponyms despite its designation...

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Published in:Imago Mundi Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 193 - 223
Main Author: Van Duzer, Chet
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2007
Subjects:
Geographical myths
Geographic names
Cartographic materials
Geographical discoveries
Cartographers
Waldseemüller map
South Pole
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