[picture of compass rose]The Huntingfield Map Collection
MSA SC 1399
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Wytfliet, Cornelis van

  • Norvmbega et Virginia. This map is significant primarily because of its inclusion in Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum in 1597, the first separately published atlas devoted entirely to the Americas. It utilized John White's map of 1590. 1597. MSA SC 1399-1-188 [HFC 097W5]


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