A Collection of Notable Early Maps of America1969 - America - 21 pages |
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... legend Cavo de ynglaterra , a promontory which experts have variously identified in the centuries since it was drawn , but one which will always remain a mystery . To the left of this , the inscription mar descubierta por ynglese , as ...
... legend Cavo de ynglaterra , a promontory which experts have variously identified in the centuries since it was drawn , but one which will always remain a mystery . To the left of this , the inscription mar descubierta por ynglese , as ...
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... legend , and fable to encourage the use of all the gorgeous decorative symbols that delighted the early cartographers . Lower California ( discovered by Mendoza in 1532 ) is correctly shown as a peninsula , though it was originally ...
... legend , and fable to encourage the use of all the gorgeous decorative symbols that delighted the early cartographers . Lower California ( discovered by Mendoza in 1532 ) is correctly shown as a peninsula , though it was originally ...
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... legend as a " cele- brated hydrogeographer . " His engraver , Benjamin Wright , was also English , but did much work in Italy . This outstanding example of Tat- ton's work was first engraved in 1600 , then issued again with only the ...
... legend as a " cele- brated hydrogeographer . " His engraver , Benjamin Wright , was also English , but did much work in Italy . This outstanding example of Tat- ton's work was first engraved in 1600 , then issued again with only the ...
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