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America Septentrionalis
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Map of North America, divided into regions, and showing some rivers, lakes, settlements, cities, mountains, and Native American land. Of the Great Lakes only Lake Ontario (here called Lac des Iroquois) is depicted. Illustrations of various animals, such as pigs, deer, horses, bears, and dogs dot the interior, while ships and sea monsters appear throughout the oceans. A few descriptive blocks of text sit in otherwise blank areas of Canada. Hondius shows California as an island, and this map particularly influenced the geographical myth of the Island of California. A blank cartouche sits in the bottom left adorned by mermaids. This lack of inscription marks this as the first state of this map. The title cartouche is hand-painted, and Native American men and women are holding bows and spears.
1636
Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650
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