Friday, 3 August 2012

Rare stolen Swedish atlas recovered

Swedish and U.S. authorities showed off the 415-year-old Wytfliet Atlas at a news conference on June 27. The book, created by Cornelius van Wytfliet and containing the earliest maps of the Americas, had been in the Royal Library collection for more than 300 years before it was stolen. There are only eight other copies worldwide, according to the library.













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