N/A. English: The Cantino planisphere, completed by an unknown Portuguese cartographer in 1502, is one of the most precious cartographic documents of all times. It depicts the world, as it became known to the Europeans after the great exploration voyages at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century to the Americas, Africa and India. It is now kept in the Biblioteca Universitaria Estense, Modena, Italy Deutsch: Die Cantino-Planisphäre zeigt die den Europäern zu Beginn des 16. Jh. bekannte Welt. Sie wird heute in der Biblioteca Universitaria Estense in Modena, Italien aufbe

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N/A. English: The Cantino planisphere, completed by an unknown Portuguese cartographer in 1502, is one of the most precious cartographic documents of all times. It depicts the world, as it became known to the Europeans after the great exploration voyages at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century to the Americas, Africa and India. It is now kept in the Biblioteca Universitaria Estense, Modena, Italy Deutsch: Die Cantino-Planisphäre zeigt die den Europäern zu Beginn des 16. Jh. bekannte Welt. Sie wird heute in der Biblioteca Universitaria Estense in Modena, Italien aufbewahrt. 1502. anonymous Portuguese (1502) 268 Cantino planisphere (1502)

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