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English: The Pizzigano map, also known as the Pizzigano chart is an Italian portolan chart dated 1424. It contains islands in the North Atlantic Ocean in the west of Spain and Portugal including Portuguese discoveries and legendary islands such as Antillia. The cartographer may have been the Venetian Zuane Pizigano, possibly a descendant of a 14th century family of mapmakes one of whom authored another well known map also called the Pizziagano map in Parma in 1367
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Source University of Minnesota Libraries 8 gemonteerde screenshots. Own work
Author Pizzigiano, Zuane & XpoferenS
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  Pizzigano 1424 map (Antilia islands detail).JPG

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current09:37, 20 November 2014Thumbnail for version as of 09:37, 20 November 20144,360 × 2,752 (3.35 MB)Joop RotteMeer detail door hogere resolutie
14:39, 9 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 14:39, 9 June 20111,140 × 725 (190 KB)WalrasiadLarger version of 1424 Pizzigano chart
20:14, 30 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:14, 30 May 2009500 × 318 (34 KB)XpoferenS{{Information |Description={{en|1=The Pizzigano map, also known as the Pizzigano chart is an Italian portolan chart dated 1424. It contains islands in the North Atlantic Ocean in the west of Spain and Portugal including Portuguese discoveries and legendar

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