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A manuscript sheet with a red-ink map in an ornamental frame and a sailing ship drawn in the margin; the catalogued date, attribution, and provenance remain disputed.

catalogued as [129-?]; authenticity undetermined · Pen-and-ink manuscript map on vellum

Map of the Far East and adjacent Pacific, known as Map with Ship

Attributed to Marco Polo in the catalogue record; attribution unverified

Why it matters

The record is useful precisely because it resists certainty. The Library of Congress lists unverified provenance and undetermined authenticity, so the object demonstrates how archives can preserve an attribution while warning readers not to treat it as established fact.

Publication
Map with Ship
Holding institution
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Shelfmark
G7800 .M3
Rights
Underlying manuscript is public domain; LOC states the digitized map is free to use and reuse. Display derivative from Medievalists.net; authenticity undetermined.

Citation

[Map of the Far East and adjacent Pacific], known as Map with Ship. Catalogued as [129-?], attribution and authenticity undetermined. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, G7800 .M3.

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