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tate: a terrace garden with private entry to the basilica, and a dozen salons with splendidly
restored marble fireplaces carved by Tullio and Antonio Lombardo. The
Sala dello Scudo
(Shield Room) is covered with world maps that reveal the extents of Venetian power (and
the limits of its cartographers) c 1483 and 1762. The New World map places California
near
Terra Incognita d'Antropofagi
(Unknown Land of the Maneaters), aka Canada,
where Cuzco is apparently located.
