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Map of 1515

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Map of 1515.jpg De Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of ColumbusDe Soto's Expedition 1539-1542ThumbnailsCorrect chart of westward route from Europe to Asia, for comparison with the chart of Columbus

Map of 1515, showing what some geographers then supposed North America to be. This is one of the earliest maps on which the name America occurs. It will be notices that at that time it was confined to South America.