Penance for the Pope: A Bankrupt Merchant's Map of Asia
Renaissance

Penance for the Pope: A Bankrupt Merchant's Map of Asia

Fleeing his creditors, a bankrupt Florentine merchant handed the Western world its first accurate picture of the Indian Ocean—and nobody noticed for two hundred years.

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RenaissanceAge of ExplorationIndian OceanMedieval ItalyTrade RoutesCartographyForgotten FiguresFlorence

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