Taps Coogan – November 6th, 2020

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The following detailed map, created by this Reddit user, beautifully shows the parts of the world that were known to Europeans by 1453. Enjoy:

For what it’s worth, Europeans likely discovered parts of North America prior to 1453 and had traveled deeper into Northern Africa than the map portrays.

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