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2303 – an old Athos map of André Thevet from 1575

In 1554 a Franciscan friar of Angoulěme/France, André Thevet, published his first book, Cosmographie de Levant. The author had recently returned from a three year journey to Constantinople and the Holy Land, and the Cosmographie was the first of a number of geographical works. … Continue reading

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