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tains what was intended for a representation of the world as then known. 

 It is a very hirge map, surrounded by a border of wood-cuts, very similar 

 in subject and treatment to those found in Munster, exhibiting cannibals, 

 wigwams, serpents, elephants, &c. Within the border are the names of 

 various winds, and upon the seas are delineated remarkable monsters, fish 

 and mermaids. 



The portion of the map upon which America appears is the only one 

 which will claim our attention. 



North of Cuba there is no land whatever. This island is represented in 

 the form of a parallelogram extending from Latitude 10^ to Latitude 49° 

 North, and lying between Longitude 280° and 290° East from the meridian 

 of Madeira. At its southern extremity flows a narrow strait which sepa- 

 rates it from South America, called on the map, America, Teiika nova. 

 The shape of the upper portion of the Southern Continent is not badly pre- 

 served, but as it descends it becomes thinner and thinner, ultimately 

 closing in a point of land without any suggestion whatever of the Straits of 

 Magellan. On the northern coast are the Ganibali, at the west is Farias, 

 about Latitude 20° South is Brasilias. An island marked Terra cortesia 

 almost due west of tjie northern extremity of Cuba lies in Longitude 310° 

 E and Latitude 50° N. To the south-east of the centre of Cuba, lying be- 

 tween Latitude 20° and 30° North and Longitude 300° and 310° East, is 

 an island called Isabella; east and south of this are a cluster of islands 

 designated as Insulce Antiglim, through which the Tropic of Cancer passes, 

 and just above Bpagnolla, which is to the south of Cuba. 



This comprises all the land shown in the Western Hemisphere except 

 the island of Zipango, due west of the centre of Cuba, in Latitude 10° to 

 30° N., Longitude 260° to 270° East. 



The ocean between Europe and Cuba is called Oaeanus Magnus. 



Note. — The inaccuracy of this map is really surprising, when we con- 

 sider the facilities then already in existence for verification. A Spanish 

 mappa muvdi ^xiAl hydrographic chart published in 1573 (Lelewel. I. p. 

 CXXXVI), presents the North American coast not badly delineated from 

 Newfoundland down, although exhibiting some uncertainty. The Penin- 

 sula of Florida appears under that name, and Lower California is separated 

 from Mexico by a body of water, and Mexico and Central America are quite 

 correctly drawn. Yucatan is shown as a peninsula, and in its proper posi- 

 tion. The conformation of the Gulf of Mexico is reasonably accurate. 

 South America is justly drawn, although the portion below the Straits of 

 Magellan is only partially exhibited. The Ganibales still are attributed 

 to the northern part of Brazil. 



The Amazon river appears under that name. 



