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Historical and geographical notes on the earliest discoveries in America, 1453-1530 : with comments on the earliest charts and maps; the mistakes of the early navigators & the blunders of the geographers; the Asiatic origin of the Atlantic coast line of North America, how it crept in and how it crept out of the maps; the whole illustrated by the Tehuantepec railway company's map of the world on Mercator's projection, and photo-lithographic fac-similes of many of the earliest maps and charts of America
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Map of the United States, British & Central America : from state documents & unpublished materials / by Professor H.D. Rogers of Boston U.S. and A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. Geographer to the Queen
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