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Adventure stories Italy Venice JUVENILE FICTION / General Magic tricks Magicians Orphans Prestidigitation Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Renaissance Renaissance Italie Venise Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Venise (Italie) Histoire 15e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesseSmall, Meredith F.
Summary: "In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating accurate observation, and geographic reality, urging viewers to see water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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Summary: Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022