May 04 2004

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Medieval sea chart was in line with current thinking

“The 16th-century Carta Marina, complete with sea monsters, gives an accurate location for dangerous eddies.

Roger Highfield reports A satellite image of the north-east Atlantic has revealed that medieval cartographers knew much more about ocean currents than was thought…”

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