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Description	English: Nautical chart of Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado (c. 1520 - c. 1580), part of a nautical atlas drawn in 1571 and now kept in the Portuguese National Archives of Torre do Tombo, Lisbon. Français : Carte nautique de Fernão Vaz Dourado (c. 1520 - c. 1580), extraite d'un atlas nautique tracé en 1571 et conservé dans les Archives Nationales Portugaises de Torre do Tombo, à Lisbone.
Source	self-made
Date	Original work of 1571. Photo taken in 2008
Author	Alvesgaspar
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This image was selected as a picture of the day for July 18, 2008. It was captioned as followed:

English: West Africa in a nautical chart of Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571.

Italiano: L'Africa occidentale in una carta nautica del cartografo portoghese Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571.

한국어: 포르투갈 지도 제작자 페르낭 바즈 도우라도가 1571년에 그린 서아프리카 해도.

Nederlands: West-Afrika op een zeekaart uit 1571 van de Portugese cartograaf Fernão Vaz Dourado

Português: Uma carta náutica de Fernão Vaz Dourado, da África ocidental extraida do atlas náutico de 1571, pertencente ao Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, em Lisboa.

Русский: Карта Западной Африки Фернана Вас-Дурадо (1571)

‪中文(简体)‬: 费尔南·瓦斯·多拉多于1571年绘制的西非航海图

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