Description: A map from 1898 showing the part of the world (shown in white) known to Europeans when Columbus sailed in 1492. The map shows Europe, northern Africa, including the west coast of Africa explored by the Portuguese, the southern portion of Greenland explored by the Norse, and Columbus' ultimate goal, Asia.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: location,
oceans
Keywords: Known World at the Time of Columbus, historical, columbus, location,
oceans, Unknown, 1492
Source: Edward Eggleston, The Household History of the United States and Its People (New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1898) 5
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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