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A mapmaker's dream

by James Cowan

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A monk in 16th Century Venice creates a map of the world, based on the tales of travellers he receives in his monastery. Fra Mauro, official cartographer, interprets and speculates on the world, turning map making into a voyage of human imagination. By the author of Letters from the Wild Side.

Courts and courtiersCartographersFictionItaly, fictionFiction, visionary & metaphysical