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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Early Map of Jamaica1572

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

 
An early map of Jamaica issued by Tomaso Porcacchi Castilione (1530-1585), and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The map is from Porcacchi's book L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo ... first published in Venice in 1572.

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