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English: West Africa in a nautical chart of Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571.

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Português: Carta náutica de Fernão Vaz Dourado (c. 1520 - c. 1580), integrante de um atlas desenhado em 1571, atualmente no Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (ANTT) em Lisboa.
English: Nautical chart of Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado (c. 1520 - c. 1580), part of a nautical atlas drawn in 1571 and now kept in the Portuguese National Archives of Torre do Tombo, Lisbon.
Français : Carte nautique de Fernão Vaz Dourado (c. 1520 - c. 1580), extraite d'un atlas nautique tracé en 1571 et conservé dans les Archives Nationales Portugaises de Torre do Tombo, à Lisbone.
Date Original work of 1571. Photo taken in 2008
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Author Alvesgaspar
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