And it features a single sentence, in Latin, above Southeast Asia: Hic Sunt Dracones –"Here be dragons. " We'll notice other unique features of the engraved egg Missinne calls, simply, "the Da Vinci Globe, " such as the fact that in place of Central and North America are the islands of Columbus' "discovery, " surrounded by a vast ocean in which Pacific and Atlantic join. Why ostrich eggs? Humans have used them for decorative purposes for millennia. Also, "in that time period, " says Thomas Sander, editor of the Washington Map Society's journal, Portolan, "the ostrich was quite the animal, and it was a big thing for the noble people to have ostriches in their back gardens. " Missinne, a real estate developer, collector, and globe expert originally from Belgium, discovered the globe in 2012 at the London Map Fair. It was purchased "from a dealer who said it had been part of an important European collection for decades, " and its buyer and owner remain anonymous. After the globe appeared, Missinne "consulted more than 100 scholars and experts in his year-long analysis, " putting "about five years of research into one year, " says Sander, calling the research "an incredible detective story. "
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