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Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. - With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by C. Raymond Beazley
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[Footnote 5: From the Hakluyt Society's edition of Albuquerque's
_Commentaries_.]

LIST OF MAPS.[6]

PAGE
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY 2

From Nordenskjöld's fac-simile atlas

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO EDRISI. _c._ 1150 24

As reconstructed by M. Reinaud from the written
descriptions of the Arabic geographer. This illustrates
the extremely unreal and untrue conception of the earth
among Moslem students, especially those who followed the
theories of Ptolomy--_e.g._, in the extension to
Africa eastward, so as practically or actually to join
China, making the Indian Ocean an inland sea.

THE MAPPE-MONDE OF ST. SEVER 48

(B. Mus., Map room, shelf 35 [5], sheet 6). Of uncertain