How 16th-Century European Mapmakers Described the World’s Oceans

How 16th-Century European Mapmakers Described the World’s Oceans
For the first time, Europeans were confronted with the realization that they lived on a blue planet, with 71 percent of the Earth’s surface covered by water.

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