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Image: Planisferio Salviati

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Description: A 1525 or 1526 map of the world given by Charles V to Giovanni Cardinal Salviati, who officiated Charles's wedding to Isabel of Portugal in Seville in 1526, thought to be a copy of the Spanish Padron Real (royal standard map) made by Nuño García de Toreno, head of the Casa de Contratacion. Now held by the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, Italy.
Title: Planisferio Salviati
Credit: "Nuño García de Toreno: El Planisfero Salviati (1525)", University of Seville in Spain.
Author: Nuño García de Toreno
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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