To commemorate the death of the Infante, Don Henrique, in 1460
Angola issued this stamp featuring a portion of the Carta Atlantica
painted by Jorge Reinel (ca. 1502-1572), the son of Pedro Reinel,
about 1540.
The main feature of the map is the Fortress of São
Jorge da Mina located in what is now Ghana. The map by Reinel can be
seen at
https://www.novomilenio.inf.br/santos/mapa54.htm
In 1964 the map on this
stamp was mistakenly identified as "...adopted from the Cantino
Planisphere of 1502..." by M. F. Stern in "Ancient Maps and
Explorer's Routes on Stamps," Map Collectors' Series, No. 15,
p. 8.
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