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this achievement upon the brow of some earlier, but 

 unknown, navigator. Each of these three maps 

 (Figs. 8, 9, 12) contains an island, west of Espaiiola, 

 occupying the position of Cuba, resembling Cuba in 

 shape, but bearing the name "Ilha yssabella," '*In- 

 sulla issabella," or "Isabella Insula." Northwest of 

 Isabella is an unnamed peninsular land which has 

 been variously regarded as Asia, Yucatan, Cuba, 

 Florida, and as purely imaginary. The identity of 

 this land is the subject of the present study. 



Analysis of the Problem by Harrisse 



The problem presented by this continental land 

 has been analyzed with knowledge and care by Henry 



Footnote i, continued 



Stobnicza hemispheres, 1512 {idem: FacsimUe-Atlas to the Early 

 History of Cartography, transl. by J. A. Ekelof and C. R. 

 Markham, Stockholm, 1889, PI. 34). 



"Admiral's map" in the 15 13 Strasburg edition of Ptolemy (Norden- 

 skiold. Facsimile- Atlas, PI. 36). 



Hauslaub globe, ca. 15 10-15 (J- Luksch: Zwei Denkmale alter Kar- 

 tographie. Mitt. Geogr. Gesell. in Wien, Vol. 29, 1886, pp. 364-- 

 373; reference on PI. 5). 



Schoner globe, 1515 (F. R. von Wieser: Magalhaes-Strasse und 

 Austral-Continent auf den Globen des Johannes Schoner, Inns- 

 bruck, 1 88 1, PL 2; [E. F.] Jomard: Les monuments de la geo- 

 graphie, ou recueil d'anciennes cartes europeennes et orientales 

 . . . Paris, [1842-62], PI. XVII, reproduced in Nordenskiold, 

 Facsimile- Atlas, p. 78). 



Carta Marina of Waldseemiiller, 15 16 (Fischer and von Wieser, op. 

 cit.) . 



Schoner globe, 1520 (F. W. Ghillany: Der Erdglobus des Martin 

 Behaim von 1492 und der des Johann Schoner von 1520, Nurem- 

 berg, 1842; von Wieser, Magalhaes-Strasse, PI. i). 



Petrus Apianus, 1520 (Nordenskiold, Facsimile-Atlas. PI. 38). 



