{"id":1791968,"date":"2021-10-26T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791968"},"modified":"2021-10-26T09:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:20:41","slug":"16th-century-map-of-the-caribbean-replaced-with-a-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/10\/16th-century-map-of-the-caribbean-replaced-with-a-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"16th-Century Map of the Caribbean Replaced with a Fake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map rom Peter Martyr d\u2019Anghiera, Legatio Babylonica<\/i>, 1511. JCB Map Collection, John Carter Brown Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When an exhibition held in Burgos, Spain celebrating Magellan\u2019s voyage<\/a> wanted to use the Burgos Cathedral\u2019s copy of Pietro Martire d\u2019Angiera<\/a>\u2019s 16th-century Legatio Babylonica<\/em>, which contains the first-ever map of the Caribbean, they discovered that the map had been replaced by a fake. El Pa\u00eds<\/em> reports<\/a> (in Spanish) that prosecutors have closed the case for lack of information\u2014they don\u2019t even know when it was stolen, much less who stole it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When an exhibition held in Burgos, Spain celebrating Magellan\u2019s voyage wanted to use the Burgos Cathedral\u2019s copy of Pietro Martire d\u2019Angiera\u2019s 16th-century Legatio Babylonica, which contains the first-ever map of the Caribbean, they discovered that… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,519,264,565],"class_list":["post-1791968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-1500s","tag-caribbean","tag-map-thefts","tag-spain","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791508,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/dreading-the-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791968,"position":0},"title":"Dreading the Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wnfd4HRMn3M Sonia E. 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