For King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519
by Joseph S Giacalone
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For King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519
Artist
Joseph S Giacalone
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The map presented here is from the Miller Atlas in the collections of the National Library of France. Produced for King Manuel I of Portugal in 1519 by cartographers Pedro Reinel, his son Jorge Reinel, and Lopo Homem and miniaturist AntoĢnio de Holanda. The shapes of some towns and coastlines are quite detailed. For other parts of the world about which Europeans still had limited knowledge, geographic details are drawn from the cartographer's imagination or informed by views that originated with Ptolemy.
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Original source: Library of Congress. Digitally restored and enhanced by Joseph S. Giacalone.
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