Portulano of Pedro Reinel dated 1504, detailing parts of European and African Atlantic coast and the eastern corner of the island of Newfoundland, now part of Canada. It is the oldest known nautical chart to have a range of latitudes and the first to represent a Compass Rose with the symbol of the Fleur-de-lis. Discovered in the magnificent tumblelog Maps & Charts .
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