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Harley 7195, ff.82v-83r: Map of North and Eastern Africa, showing Ptolemy's Mountains of the Moon...

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Harley 7195, ff.82v-83r: Map of North and Eastern Africa, showing Ptolemy's Mountains of the Moon as the source of the River Nile (vellum)
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vellum
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Ptolemy believed that the source of Nile was Mountains of the Moon; before real source discovered in c19th; Harley manuscripts;

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cartography / africa / egyptian / egypt / exploration / late medieval / mapping / geography
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