LIST OF MAPS 



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Ptolemy's World Outline, from the Rome edition of 1490 23 



Outline of the eastern section of the Catalan Atlas, c. 1375 44 



Outline of Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489 81 



The Pacific Ocean redrawn from the chart by D. Ribero, 



1529 94 



Outline of the Contarini World Map, 1506 98 



Outline of Mercator's World Map of 1569 117 



France, from the 'Carte de France corrigee . . . sur les 

 observations de MM. de I'Academie des Sciences', 



1693, showing the revised position of the coastline 129 



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