Bartolomeo De Oliva

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     Bartolomeo de Oliva (Olives) (fl. 1538-1588) was a member of a family of chart makers in Mallorca, and later in Messina and Marseilles. He drew this manuscript map on parchment n Mallorca in 1562. The map is preserved in the Vatican Library. The stamp was issued in 1935 to call attention to the proposed Iglesias Amazon Expedition.

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