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COLOURED MAPS

(At end of Volume.)

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1. The World as known to Christian Europe in 1492 ........ to follow 116

2. The Sources of Behaim's Globe, with six insets . . . „

Insets (1) and (2) : Scandinavia and Head streams of the Nile, from the Ulm edition of Ptolemy, 1482 ; (3) Antilia according to
Gracioso Benincasa, 1488; (4) Cipangu according to Behaim, 1492; (5) and (6) Eastern Asia and Central Africa, according
to Waldseemuller, 1507.

3. The Route of Marco Polo, plotted from his narrative .........

Inset: The travels of Marco Polo, according to the map in the Sala dello Scudo, Venice.

4. The Islands of the Atlantic (Azores, Canaries, Cape Verde, and Guinea Islands) according to Soligo

or A. Benincasa, Behaim, and modern maps .........

5. Guinea and South-Western Africa, compiled from materials available in 1492 ....

Insets: Eight maps of Martin's island, Diogo Cao, or Annobom.

FACSIMILE OF BEHAIM'S GLOBE

On the scale of the Original. In 4 sheets, size 30 x 24 inches, folded in pocket inside end cover.

(Printed in colours by W. Griggs.)

Index-Map showing the arrangement of the sheets, page 123.

MAPS IN TEXT

Catalan Map of the World, 1375 .......

The World according to Fra Mauro, 1457 .....

The World according to Henricus Martellus Germanus, 1489 .
The Laon Globe, 14— . . . .

Ten Maplets illustrating the Discovery of South America, 1500-1517
The Mediterranean: Ptolemy amended .....

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