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It has been a destination for travelers and merchants, but also for missionaries, intellectuals, and geographers who, especially between the 15th and 16th centuries, left behind descriptions of peoples, customs, cities, plants, and animals. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>The valuable accounts of these men of \u201cadmirable character\u201d\u2014many of whom were Italian\u2014are preserved in the Rare Books Collection of the Angelica Library in Rome and are now compiled in this beautifully illustrated volume. 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