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    Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397 – 10 May 1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli was born in Florence...
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    also mentioned in some European sources. A comet observed by Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli in January 1457 and mentioned in Chinese sources is also identified...
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    closed to Christian traders. In 1474, the Florentine astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli suggested to King Afonso V of Portugal that sailing west across...
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    and Strabo, and the more recent work of Florentine astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. In 1478, Guido Antonio Vespucci led a Florentine diplomatic mission...
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    Stories of the Italian Artists. Scribner & Welford. p. 53. Messer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, having returned from his studies, invited Filippo with other...
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  • Kingdom 1403 – Katherine Swynford, widow of John of Gaunt 1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397) 1493 – Colin Campbell...
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  • (1859-1914), Italian painter Oliviero Toscani (born 1942), photographer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397–1482), mathematician Peterson Toscano (born 1965), gay activist...
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    oriented north to south. Columbus traveled West with a chart from Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli that—west of the Canary Islands—showed open ocean, mythical Antilia...
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    Thesaurus Florentinus computer system. In 1475 the Italian astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (who was also a mathematical tutor of Brunelleschi) pierced a...
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    " the Atlantic Ocean. By about 1481, Florentine cosmographer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli sent Columbus a map depicting such a route, with no intermediary...
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