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Antique Maps of the Americas. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of North America, South America, the Western Hemisphere and Central America.
1572 (undated) 1 : 40000000 Description This is Abraham Ortelius' map of the Western Hemisphere, considered to be the 'first map of the Americas to appear in a modern atlas' (Schwartz). Ortelius' success and the spread of his atlas made this fine map the standard - and best - representation of the Americas during the initial period its colonization. On The MapGiven how recently the Western Hemisphere had come to the attention of European scholars, the outline of the continent is remarkably accurate and recognizable. The American Northeast is dominated by Nova Francia and ...