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Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 with the belief that Asia wasn’t that far away. He had information from a map made 18 years before by Paolo Toscanelli. OK Let’s Learn all about the map of the world in 1491 that influenced the most famous voyage ever made.

The 1474 Toscanelli map:

https://www.myoldmaps.com/late-medieval-maps-1300/252-paolo-toscanellis-chart/

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