FIG. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS page 



1 Part of the map of the Iberian Peninsula in the 1490 



edition of Ptolem>- 15 



2 Part of a gore of Behaim's globe of 1492 16 



3 Ptolemy's map of the known world in 150 A. D. from 



the printed edition of 1490 58-59 



4 The eastern hemisphere on Behaim's globe of 1492, 



after the reduction to map form by Ravenstein ... 63 



5 Sketch map by Bartholomew Columbus: The North 



Atlantic area 66 



6 Sketch map by Bartholomew Columbus: Asia 67 



7 Sketch map by Bartholomew Columbus: Africa 68 



8 The North Atlantic area on the Cantino map of 1502 . . 94 



9 The North Atlantic area on the Canerio map of about 



1504 95 



10 The North Atlantic area on the Juan de la Cosa map 



of 1500 100 



1 1 Cuba and Espanola on the La Cosa map loi 



12 The northw^estern continental land on the Waldsee- 



miiller map of 1507 1 10 



13 The northwestern continental land on the W'aldsee- 



miiller map of 1516 lii 



14 The northwestern continental land on the Cantino 



map 116 



15 The northwestern continental land on the Canerio 



map 117 



16 The land discovered by Cabot, from the La Cosa 



map 130 



PL. Plates 



I Map showing the route of Columbus on his first voy- 

 age across the Atlantic and return to illustrate his 

 utilization of the winds and currents. Mean 

 meridional scale, 1:27,000,000 Facing.... 50 



II Map illustrating the geographical ideas of Columbus 

 concerning the position of the eastern coast of Asia 

 in relation to his fourth voyage. Mean meridio- 

 nal scale, i : 107,000,000 Facing.... 88 



