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Item
Number: 1970:02007.12
Date of
map: 1626
Title:
America,
with those known parts in that unknown world, both people and manner of
buildings
Cartographer
(personal name): Speed, John
Height
(inches): 17
Width (inches): 21.5
This map shows locations
of communities, with Native towns modeled in the margins of the map.
It refers to the Northwest Passage and shows Greenland as a peninsula
of the Arctic Continent and depicts whales in the oceans.
It shows the legendary gold-rich lost city of El Dorado/ Manoa and Lake
Parime. Both California and
Tierra del Fuego are shown as islands. Canada
is drawn as a small area west of the St. Lawrence River.
The Rocky Mountains and Appalachians are connected by an east-west
range. The Colorado River (Rio
del Norte) is shown as if it were draining the Great Salt Lake.
The Great Lakes are not shown. Curved
projection.
Below are digital views of the two pages of textual descriptions that are on the back of this map. First, the back right, then ("Page 10") the back left.
This
map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis
College.
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