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[259] Kretschmer, atlas, Pl. 5.
[260] Kretschmer, atlas, Pl. 4.
[261] See footnotes 18 and 19.
[262] A. E. Nordenskiöld, Facsimile-Atlas, p. 73, map in text.
[263] Theobald Fischer, Portfolio 8 (Facsimile del Portolano di Giacomo
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[264] Original in Majorca. A good copy is owned by T. Solberg, Register
of Copyrights, Washington, D. C.
[265] Theobald Fischer, Portfolio 15 (Facsimile del Mappamondo di Fra
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[266] Kretschmer, atlas, Pl. 7.
[267] Book of the Knowledge of All the Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships
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