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The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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