1640 Americae Pars MeridionalisBy: Jan Jansson Date: 1640 (circa) Amsterdam Original Size: 19 x 22 inches (48 x 55. 5 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of an important, decorative map of the South American continent. The coastlines are well detailed but the interior is filled with spurious information. Terra del Fuego is shown as an island and not part of a great southern continent as is the case in earlier maps. Several rivers (including the Amazon and Paraguay) all have their

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The inspiration for many of these creatures stem from fables by Herodotus

the illumination of the moon by the sun

The Caspian Sea is quite misshapen as very little was known of the region

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In the top center of the map are nine medallions featuring explorers notable for their voyages to the New World

By: Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg

The map is oriented to the East with North to the left

The entire fleet of Moore-McCormack was placed at the disposal of the nation‘s defense establishment immediately after Pearl Harbor

A legend on the map indicates that much of the nomenclature was provided by Charles

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