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Illustration by Joaquim Alves Gaspar after a nautical chart by Jorge de Aguiar (1492).

Date created: June 2007
License: This illustration copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 3.2)

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Replica of a 32-point wind rose from a nautical chart by Jorge de Aguiar (1492).

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