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“I propose to construct a new chart for navigating, on which I shall delineate al…” — Christopher Columbus
I propose to construct a new chart for navigating, on which I shall delineate all the sea and lands of the Ocean in their proper positions under their bearings; and further, I propose to prepare a book, and to put down all as it were in a picture, by latitude from the equator, and western longitude.
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