Based on Abraham Ortelius' maps. The coastline is jagged, and the geography is slightly
fictitious. The seas contain two small sailing vessels and one sea monster. The top reads:
Africa, Libya, Dozenlandt mit allen koinigreichen ... Colored Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
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