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Map of the Western Hemisphere and edges of the Eastern Hemisphere, 1595
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Item Number: 1970:02007.10      Date of map: 1595    Place of publication: Amsterdam         Title: Atlantis Insula

   Cartographer (personal name): Sanson, Nicolao [Nicholas Sanson]       Height (inches): 16.5        Width (inches): 22.2

   This map of the Western Hemisphere and edges of the Eastern Hemisphere shows the locations of a few communities and depicts Greenland as a peninsula extending from the North American sector of the boreal land mass, which itself continues to Asia.  Canada is labeled Gadinus.  Both California and Tierra del Fuego are shown as islands.  It is possible that the 1595 year attribution is in error.  Conical projection.  

This map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.
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