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Map of 1515

Map of 1515.jpg John SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann SchönerJohn SmithThumbnailsNorth America from the globe of Johann Schöner

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.