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1560 globe bought for £150 at antiques fair sells for £116,000 at auction (hansonsauctioneers.co.uk)

The globe depicts strange sea monsters and a world before Australia, while North America is dubbed “Devicta ann 1530,” Latin for “Conquered in 1530.”

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