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Monday, June 17, 2013

Waldseemuller map

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception 

Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas, ca 1507, Waldseemuller map



this seems to be the first appearance of Jamaica on a map - two maps possibly a few years earlier show the island, but were perhaps not clearly named.
 

Photo: Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas, ca 1507, Waldseemuller map

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