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Cryptic Cartography: Antique Map Enigmas
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  • 1. Embraced or enclosed, often describing features on parchment
  • 2. Small spherical model depicting terrestrial secrets
  • 3. Land domain delineated by cartographic boundaries
  • 4. Detailed regional description blending geography and art
  • 6. Sudden event altering known cartographic boundaries
  • 8. Medieval mariner’s chart with rhumb lines
  • 9. Illustrative small scene framing map’s narrative
  • 12. Alternate name for medieval coastal navigational chart
  • 15. Imaginary line denoting longitude in archaic atlas
  • 16. Device for referencing specific points in maps (7-letter fill-in)
  • 17. Decorative cartouche embellishing map margins
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  • 5. Aztec capital city often hidden or stylized on maps
  • 7. Mapping of water bodies with nautical precision
  • 10. Italian term for horizon line on old maps
  • 11. Winding river form often emphasized on antique cartography
  • 13. Depiction of lakes and inland waters on ancient plates
  • 14. Projection distorting poles but aiding navigation
  • 18. Luxurious calfskin used in ancient mapmaking
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