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Author Small, Meredith F., author.

Title Here begins the dark sea : Venice, a Medieval monk, and the creation of the most accurate map of the world / Meredith F. Small.

Edition First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3061097~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  912.09 SMA    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  912.09 SMA    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary The story of how a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed a revolutionary map in 1459 that provided the most detailed description of the known world to that date and still shows relevance today.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-290) and index.
Subject Mauro, fra, -1459.
Cartographers -- Italy.
Cartography -- History.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 697-1508.
World maps -- Early works to 1800.
ISBN 9781639364190 hc.
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