MAPS OF THE SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN

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This set of postage stamps released by Mauritius on 18 September 2002, depicts 4 maps of the South West Indian Ocean. Only one stamp the Rs 3 of this set shows a vessel, which I believe is a Portuguese carrack.

(1) Re. 1 –Alberto Cantino, from 1502, a Portuguese cartographer. On this map, Mauritius is identified as Dina Arobi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantino_planisphere

(2) Rs. 3 – map by Jorge Reinel from 1520, another Portuguese cartographer. It is considered as the earliest and most accurate map of Mauritius of that period; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Reinel

(3) Rs. 4, a map by Diogo Ribiero, a Portuguese cartographer and royal cosmographer. This map provided the most accurate delineation of the explored world; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Ribeiro

(4) Rs. 10 – a map by Gerard Mercator, a Flemish geographer best known for the map projection that bears his name, and still used today by navigators. His most influential works, the 1569 map of the world (pictured on the stamp) and the Atlas, a collection of maps he designed and engraved: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_1569_world_map

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Mauritius 2002 Rs1/Rs10 sg?, scott?