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Antique maps are prized not only for their —craftsmanshipcraftsmancraftycrafted but also for what they reveal about the beliefs of the age that produced them. Many early charts —depictdepicteddepictingdepicts coastlines that were never accurately surveyed, filled instead with imagined monsters and speculative islands. Collectors examine watermarks and ink composition to —verifyverifyingverifiedverification authenticity, since skilled forgeries have long —plaguedpraisedignoredavoided the market.