In 1507, Martin Waldesmüller became the first cartographer to draw a map in which America was a ... a few hundred miles away from coastal North America. [Princeton Library] Gigantic fish, mermen ...

The Vinland Map, which supposedly showed the exploration of North America by Vikings in the 15th ... a titanium compound found in the ink used to draw the map prove it is, in fact, a hoax.

State by province by region, we started drawing the fault lines ... “The Nine Nations of North America.” The reader reaction was astonishing. This map – drawn to anticipate the news ...

The full title for the 12-panel map covering 36 square feet was "a drawing of the whole earth ... or terra nova (new world) for South America and "Cuba" for North America. Printers, however ...