1880.] 11 [Phillips. 



with, the south-western parts of North Carolina, the north-western 

 and northern portions of Georgia, the upper portions of Alabama and 

 Mississippi, and the lower parts of Tennessee, receives the appellation 

 of Terra florida. Above this region and trending to the north is a 

 range of mountains, from whose western extremity a very large but 

 nameless river takes its rise, in two diverging branches, at a considerable 

 distance from the sea-coast, and ultimately empties its waters into the Gulf 

 of Mexico. This seems to represent the Mississippi, and is in a reasonably 

 accurate position, except that the junction of the two streams which com- 

 pose it, is placed too near the river's mouth.* It is possible that some tra- 

 dition of the Missouri may appear in the north-western branch of this 

 stream. 



To the west some distance ofl", is a large but nameless river taking its 

 rise in a range of mountains which run from east to west. This may be 

 the Rio Grande del Norte, the Texan boundary line. 



Tin; Isthmus of Central America is delineated as somewhat larger than 

 it really is. South America is very incorrectly drawn, being too "squat " 

 in appearance. A large river empties on its northern shores into the ocean, 

 and on the land, at the easternmost projection of the Continent there 

 stands a hut constructed of boughs, leaves and branches, fronibne of which 

 latter a human leg is pendant. Lest there should be any doubt in the mind 

 of the reader as to what all this meant, the word Ganibali is printed upon 

 this region to show the nature of its inhabitants. The bay of Rio Janeiro, 

 although nameless, is shown, but appears to penetrate much farther into 

 the main land than it really does. At the mouth of this reach of water are 

 islands bearing the name 7 insulce Margueritarum. 



Farther to the south is a country marked Begio Giganium, and still 

 lower is the Fretum Magellani, separating the Southern Continent from a 

 piece of land, whose termination is not shown on the map. 



The configuration of the western coast is still more defective. Only one 

 name appears on it, - Catigara, which is far up towards the north-west. 

 Printed upon the South American Continent are the words, "NOVUS 

 ORBIS, nova insula Atlantica quam wcant Br'asilii et Americam." 



The Western portion of the map is filled by the Mare Pacificttm, in the 

 lower part of which is drawn an old-fashioned, high-pooped, one-masted 

 vessel, above which is the island Zipangri surrounded by Archipelagus 



7448 INSULARUM. 



In the extreme north-west of the map is India superior, which contains 

 Cathay, and its capital city, Quinsay. Below the ship are the insulce in- 

 fortunatce. 



11. 



I turn from this map to one which, although published five years 

 later, was evidently engraved at some very much earlier date. 



The Novus Orbis of Simon Grynceus, published at Basle, in 1555, con- 



*The Mississippi was discovered by De Soto in 1511, but the account of his 

 travels was not published till 1557. 



