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Rare atlas with possible link to Sir Francis Drake goes on display

A very rare atlas with a possible link to Sir Francis Drake has gone on display at the Central Library as part of Plymouth's first ever History Festival.

The 1520 edition of 'Ptolemy's Atlas', published by the renowned German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller, includes 27 maps produced from the original ideas of Claudius Ptolemy, the 'Father of Cartography'. Ptolemy lived in Alexandria...