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 | Collections

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 | Collections | The Huntington

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