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Conservation, What We Find In Books

What We Find In Books: Calm Seas (No Monsters)

May 16, 2013 Beth Doyle
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Towing a dinghy across the ocean.

map illustration 2
Is that a house on the back of the ship?

Two illustrations of ocean-going ships sail across a lovely map dated 1584. From “Didaco Mendezio Auctore. La Florida/auctore Hieron” by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)




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