Inventio Fortunata
The Inventio Fortunata is a mysterious document that has never been found. It is referred to in a letter written in 1497 or 1498 by John Day, an English merchant. The letter may have been written to Christopher Columbus. In the letter, Day says "I do not find the book Inventio Fortunata, and I thought that I (or he) was bringing it with my things, and I am very sorry not to find it because I wanted very much to serve you. I am sending the other book of Marco Polo and a copy of the land which has been found."
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