Age of Exploration

How a Fake Horse Trader Stole Portugal's World Map

Portugal had just mapped the world, and the man who carried that map out of the country did it by pretending to be someone's guest.

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Age of ExplorationEspionageCartographyPortugalRenaissanceItalyAtlantic WorldTrade Routes

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