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On the Cover: Maps combine elements of science and art. While mapmaking has evolved over centuries to produce more accurate representations, many remain true works of art. A New & Accurate Map of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (1747) by Emanuel Bowen (C. 1720-1767), an English cartographer who was engraver to both George II and Louis XV. The lower right corner contains a cartouche of an aqueduct. See the paper by Barbagallo et al. (pg. 523) on nutrition in rural southern Italy.

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