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Book Title: Mapmaker's Dream : the Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2007
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary, Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6 Oz
Author: James Cowan
Item Length: 7.2 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Perfect
