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               Senegal issued a souvenir sheet in 1981 with 
          a representation of that was prepared by Alberto Cantino, Cara e 
          navigar per le Isole mouam trovate in le parte de India, in 1502, 
          and a representation of Columbus’ coat of arms which was granted in 
          1493. This is certainly the largest portrayal of the Cantino 
          map on stamps
 The elements of the coat of arms are as follows: in the 
          first and second quarters the royal charges of Castile and Léon, in 
          the third quarter islands in a wavy sea, and in the fourth, the arms 
          of his family. Columbus, on his own authority added a continent among 
          the islands in the third quarter, and borrowed five golden anchors 
          from the blazon of the Admiral of Castile to represent the office of 
          the Admiral of the Sea.
 At the bottom left corner is Columbus’ signature which 
          Samuel Eliot Morison interprets as Servus Altissimi Salvatoris, 
          Christou Mariae Hiou ("Servant am I of the Most High Savior, 
          Christ, Son of Mary.") Points are missing before the top S, and the 
          left S in the second line.
 The slogan or motto at the top and bottom reads
          Por Castilla Y Por Léon: "For 
          Castille and Léon". Nuevo Mondo Hallo 
          Colon: "Columbus found a new world."
 
          
           
          
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