Description: The routes such explorers as Alexander the Great, Vasco da Gamma, Marco Polo, Magellan and Vitus Bering used on their voyages are depicted on this map. Also shown are the areas discovered by such countries such as Portugal, Spain, Holland, France, and Russia.
Source: Ernest Rhys, Ed., A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & CO., 1912) 14
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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