No Longer on the Map: Discovering Places that Never WereIncludes material on El Dorado, Friesland, St. Brendan and Breasil, Seven Cities (Cibola, Quivira), the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Mayda. |
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Page 180
... fit for fishing . The region that goeth along the Sea , doth abound in fish , and towards New France there is great number of wilde beasts , and is very commodious for hunting ; the Inhabitants doe live in the same manner as they of New ...
... fit for fishing . The region that goeth along the Sea , doth abound in fish , and towards New France there is great number of wilde beasts , and is very commodious for hunting ; the Inhabitants doe live in the same manner as they of New ...
Page 204
... fit the duplicated names . There would be little point served by listing them all here . Throughout the sixteenth century and well into the seventeenth , maps showing an awareness of the real Greenland would also include a " Green ...
... fit the duplicated names . There would be little point served by listing them all here . Throughout the sixteenth century and well into the seventeenth , maps showing an awareness of the real Greenland would also include a " Green ...
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... fit to perpetuate on their maps ? The latter supposition is not likely , since the name Vlaenderen never caught on , and was used only by Mercator and Ortelius , while Mayda under that name survived on the map to live merrily for more ...
... fit to perpetuate on their maps ? The latter supposition is not likely , since the name Vlaenderen never caught on , and was used only by Mercator and Ortelius , while Mayda under that name survived on the map to live merrily for more ...
Contents
The Maybe of Mayda | 213 |
Three Special Cases | 223 |
Epilogue | 238 |
Copyright | |
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