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116 - The First, False Map of the ‘True North’
Somewhere in the 14th century, a Franciscan from Oxford, a ‘priest with an astrolabe’, writes a travelogue about his discoveries in the North Atlantic, calls it the Inventio Fortunata (‘The Discovery … more →
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116 - The First, False Map of the ‘True North’
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wrote 2 years ago: Somewhere in the 14th century, a Franciscan from Oxford, a ‘priest with an astrolabe’, writes a trav … more →
62 - Frisland, an Italian Fabrication in the North Atlantic
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wrote 2 years ago: The discovery of America was an Italian enterprise, but not to the credit of a Genoan named Columbus … more →
13 - The retreat of Cornish
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wrote 3 years ago: Cornwall is the southwesternmost county of England. As with other ‘extremities’ of the B … more →
