The Largest Early World Map

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I came across this interesting post on Medium. It was a four part map that had been stitched together to form the largest early world map. The man who made it, Urbano Monte, completed it in early the 1600s.

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This is the Horn of Africa in his world map

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Btw here's the Medium post if any of you are interested.
 
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