Little is known about the 15th-century Venetian geographer and cosmographer Giovanni Leardo, beyond the fact that three of his world maps have survived from late-medieval times, signed by their creato
- Date
- 1452–1453
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Leardo, Giovanni (Flourished 1440)
- Place
- Africa
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 7,117 × 8,819 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.
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"Little is known about the 15th-century Venetian geographer and cosmographer Giovanni Leardo, beyond the fact that three of his world maps have survived from late-medieval times, signed by their creato" (1452–1453). Leardo, Giovanni (Flourished 1440), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mappamundi_WDL6763.pngNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 20923.
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