Description: This is a map of the World showing discoveries from XV to XVII centuries. Shows continents, countries and major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, and voyages. Scale in English miles. The voyages of Magellan, Drake, Vasco de Gama, Columbus, Cabot, Cartier and Frobisher are all displayed. There is also a explanation of the color-coding of the discoveries by the century in which they were found.
Source: Keith Johnston, The Half-Crown Atlas of British History (Edinburgh, Scotland: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1871) 21
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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