Report being 'Translation of a paper communicated By Mr Stuartto Lord Hobart relative to the Map now existing in the Churchof St Michael di Murano at Venice', ca 1804 (Series 85.01) - No. 0009

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[it]-self, which in several places are decaying from the extreme Antiquity of the Work. See Annals of the Cûlmes TVII. 252. Anno 1457.  the Collectors of the Memoirs for forming the Literary History have also copied somethings from this Planisphere TVI. p1. p.56 as well as Abundicus Collina aforementioned, with several foreign Writers & Geographers.

In the present day scarce any man of Learning visits Venice without coming to our Convent to see & make his observations on this Planisphere, as was the Custom in, the time of Ramusio, *

[In margin] * This is possibly the origin of imputing this map to Marco Polo an error of 250 years standing.

who mentions this Work in his second Volume.