Friar Niccolò da Poggibonsi took notes on gesso tablets while he traveled, and when he returned to Venice in 1350, wrote down his full firsthand account. The oldest manuscript of the work and its illustrations, titled Libro d'Oltramare, now resides in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence. " Smithsonian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PM on January 14, 2020