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L'Amérique centr(ale)
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L'Amérique centr(ale)

Shows North America south of Canada including the Caribbean. Traced from a ms. world map created for Henri II in 1542 as reproduced in Jomard's Les monuments de la geographie (plate XIX.1), 1842-1862 (Phillips 251). Reversed in lower left: 1556?. Oriented with south to the top. Pen-and-ink and red paint on tracing paper. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 83

Date
1542
Place
North America
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
5,553 × 4,092 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"L'Amérique centr(ale)" (1542). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27Am%C3%A9rique_centr(ale)_LOC_2004626118.jpg

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