1/3 It’s #MapMonsterMonday! Giacomo Gastaldi’s 1556 map of Sumatra is teeming with an array of sea creatures… and a pair of camels.
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2/3 Until this map was published in Giovambattista Ramusio’s Navigationi et Viaggi, European accounts confused Sumatra with Sri Lanka. Juuuust a bit outside. This map is held by Library of Congress.
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