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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville and Marco Polo
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville text from archive.org
Jonh Mandeville Wikipedia entry
John Mandeville – The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Fanciful depiction of cotton by John Mandeville, featuring sheep instead of cotton bolls. Via Wikimedia
Travels of Marco Polo Wikipedia entry.
The probable view of Marco Polo’s own geography (drawn by H. Yule, 1871). Via Wikimedia
Travels of Marco Polo text from archive.org
Persuasive Cartography
Persuasive Cartography | The PJ Mode Collection at Cornell University.
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World in a Cloverleaf (1581) Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606
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The Attack of Love (1730) Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
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Portugal is Not A Small Country (1934) Galvão, Henrique, 1895-1970
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B.C. 2348. The Deluge (1836) Hall, Sidney
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Cross Section of Hell (1855) Caetani, Michelangelo
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Overview of the Divine Comedy (1855) Caetani, Michelangelo
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Genealogical Chronological & Geographical Chart [left] (1887) Skeen, Jacob
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Map of the China Seas (1898) Duncan, W. B.
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Chicago’s Gangland (1927) Thrasher, Frederic M.
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