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Artifacts #2: Maps & State Secrets: "JOSH MARSHALL – MARCH 10, 2014, 2:37 PM EDT1846
This is the so-called Cantino Map, a chart stolen by an agent of an Italian Duke from the Portuguese Crown in 1502. It provides an interesting follow-up to our discussion of the first map of the continent of Africa from Friday."
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