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| Keywords: Weimar map (Atlantic islands detail).jpg en Sketched of a portion the w Weimar map an anonymous 15th C Italian portolan held by the Grand Ducal Library in Weimar Sometimes dated 1424 although more recent historians believe it was composed sometime between 1460s and 1490s probably by the cartographer Conte di Ottomano Freducci of Ancona or one of his relatives This particular sketch showing only part of the portolan focused on the central Atlantic islands esp the fictional island of Antillia was made by William Henry Babcock d 1922 from Weimar library photographs and published in his 1917 article Indications of Visits of White Men to America before Columbus in F W Hodge editor Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists Washington DC p 476 William Henry Babcock 1917 in Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists Washington DC Unknown poss Conte di Ottomano Freducci date poss 1424 or btw 1460-1499 PD-old Antillia Old maps of phantom islands Portolan charts made in the 15th century 1460 ca | ||||
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