Apkil 29, 1904.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Another Italian map known by the name 

 of 'The Turin Map,' and attributed to the 

 year 1523, bears a rich nomenclature differ- 

 ent from that of those above mentioned, and 

 one most decidedly of Portuguese origin. 



with the name of 'Golfo Claro,' while the 

 mouth of the Amazonas is without special 

 denomination, though clearly indicated in 

 the drawing, and with the characteristic 

 name of 'Costa de paricura' in the north- 



Amongst the 24 names in the section in ern margin. 



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question only two (c. negro and rio dos 

 fumos) present similarity with those of the 

 Maiollo map. The topographical draw- 

 ing is perfunctory, the gulf of Maranhao 

 being indicated only by a slight indentation 



The map of Diego Ribeiro, Royal Cos- 

 mographer of Spain, of 1529, bears the ex- 

 press declaration that the coast between the 

 Rio Dulco (Orinoco) and Cape S. Roque 

 contains nothing of profit, and that having 



