[s. B. DAWSON] 



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supported by evidence nearly contemporary and by a man who made the 

 voyage at that time. In the Ptolemy of 1508 is a supplementary map 

 by John Euysch. I give here a cut of the western half of this map, for 

 it is a map of the world on a conical projection. It is the first engraved 



EcYscH's Map, A.D. 1508. The projection is conical, so the map must be 



TURNED TO BRING THE APEX TO THE NORTH— (FROM LeLEWEL). 



