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Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis

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Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis

By Antonio De Herrera y Tordesillas


OF THE 1622 ‘NOVUS ORBIS,’ WHICH, AMONGST OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DISPROVED THE IDEA OF A ‘GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT’ (i. e. the continent often shown in early world maps stretching around the globe just north of the Antarctic) THE MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS VOLUME ARE OF THE FIRST IMPO…

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