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Anonymous Portuguese map c.1471 (Estense)
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Anonymous Portuguese map c.1471 (Estense)

Portolan chart by anonymous Portuguese cartographer, held (CGA5C) by Biblioteca Estense, Modena. This is the oldest Portuguese nautical chart in existence. Estimated date c.1471, shortly after the voyage of Pêro Escobar and João de Santarém (c.1470) to the Gulf of Guinea, and definitely before 1482.

Date
c. 1471
Mapmaker / publisher
Portuguese cartographer
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
520 × 654 pixels

Public domain

Reason: its maker died long enough ago that the copyright has expired.

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"Anonymous Portuguese map c.1471 (Estense)" (c. 1471). Portuguese cartographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anonymous_Portuguese_map_c.1471_(Estense).jpg

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