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  • Description: Map of Africa drawn in 1508.
  • Artist/creator: unknown.
  • Source: Odhiambo Atieno, E. S., Ouso, T. I. & Williams, J. F. M. (1977). A History of East Africa. London: Longman Group Ltd.. ISBN 0-582-60886-4. Page 82.
  • Scanned from paper xerox copy of source, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat Professional, imaged copied and saved with Irfanview, filesize reduced with pngcrush.
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09:55, 20 April 2005Thumbnail for version as of 09:55, 20 April 2005638 × 474 (181 KB)Dittaeva (talk | contribs)* Motive: Map of Africa drawn in 1508. * Artist/creator: unknown. * Source: Odhiambo Atieno, E. S., Ouso, T. I. & Williams, J. F. M. (1977). A History of East Africa. London: Longman Group Ltd.. ISBN 0-582-60886-4 * Scanned from paper xerox copy o

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