The date of the Rimienti World Map, drawn in Italy, is unknown. The map accurately depicts the coastline of western Africa down to the Cape of Good Hope, near Africa's southern tip. In 1488 Portuguese explorers became the first Europeans to reach the Cape. Since it would have taken at least a year for their information to be brought back to Europe and incorporated into maps, the Rimienti World Map could not have been made before 1489.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Portuguese authorities generally tried to keep information about Portuguese voyages secret for as long as possible.
(B) A map as complicated as the Rimienti World Map would have required at least half a year for a professional cartographer of the 1400's to complete,
(C) It would not have taken more than a year for geographical information to travel from Portugal to Italy.
(D) Italian cartographers did not get the information for the Rimienti World Map directly from
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Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Portuguese authorities generally tried to keep information about Portuguese voyages secret for as long as possible.
(B) A map as complicated as the Rimienti World Map would have required at least half a year for a professional cartographer of the 1400's to complete,
(C) It would not have taken more than a year for geographical information to travel from Portugal to Italy.
(D) Italian cartographers did not get the information for the Rimienti World Map directly from
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