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THE MAPS OF YUCATAN, 1501-1800
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1507 WALDSEEMÜLLER.
- America first so called. Its presence is indicated, but its shape is not defined. Florida, Cuba, and Brazil appear; Mexico and Yucatan do not.
1508 PTOLEMY, ED. RUYSCH, ROME (Nord. XXXII).[1]
- America shown as a vague archipelago in the Pacific. It is not named.
1512 PTOLEMY, ED. JOANNES DE STOBINICZA, CRACOW (Nord.).
- America is indicated but not named.
1514 LODOVICUS BOULENDER (Nord.).
- America shown by name and called “Nova reperta.”
1515 GREGORIUS REISCH, STRASSBURG (Nord.).
- No Yucatan
1516 WALDSEEMÜLLER
- See 1507.
1516-20 MUNICH-PORTUGUESE
- Has no Yucatan.
1519 MAGGIOLO.
- See 1527.
1520 PETRUS APIANUS (Nord.).
- Has no Yucatan.
1523-25 TURIN-SPANISH (E. L. S.).[2]
- The general outline of Yucatan is recognizable. There is a gap on the south of Yucatan where the isthmus should be. All the names save Cozumel are wrong.
1527 MAGGIOLO (E. L. S.).
- The shape of Yucatan is all wrong, and Yucatan is shown as a rather small island far from the mainland. no names.
1527 WEIMAR-SPANISH (E. L. S.).
- Yucatan is a peninsula. Isthmus is roughly drawn and too narrow. “gotoche” (Catoche, “y. demuJeres” (Isla de Mujeres), and “cocumel” (Cozumel), etc. At the isthmus is a name which possibly may be Ytza; it is very indistinct.
1528? BENEDETTO BORDONE, VINEGIA (Nord.).
- Has no Yucatan
1529 RIBERO (E. L. S.).
- Has Yucatan as a large island near to the mainland, with Hibueras (Higueras = Honduras) correctly located.
1529 VERRAZANO (E. L. S.).
- Has the general outlines of Yucatan approximately correct, but there is a large gap at the southern part.
1525-30 WOLFENBÜTTEL-SPANISH (E. L. S.).
- Yucatan a large island very close to the mainland. Cf. Ribero, 1529.
1530 VERRAZANO'S GLOBE.
- Shows Yucatan as an island.
