1550 Die Neüwen Inseln

Die Neuwen Inseln /so Hinder Hispanien Gegen Orient bey dem Land Indie Ligen This is an authentic, antique map of the Western Hemisphere showing North and South America connected as true continents. It is the 5th state example published out of Basel as part of Sebastian Munster’s Geographia in 1550. Munster’s map of the Western Hemisphere is the earliest known map to focus on all of America and the first to officially name the Pacific Ocean “Mare Pacificum.” North America is shown nearly bisected by the Sea of Verraano, which was the result of Verraano mistaking the waters west of the Outer Banks along North Carolina as the Pacific Ocean. The earliest appearance of Japan (Zipangri) shows the island positioned just west of North America with an archipelago and Pacific Ocean whose size is severely underestimated. The Yucatan Peninsula is depicted as an island (Iukatana) and Puerto Rico (named Sciana) is marked with the Castile and Leon flag of Spain. South America displays a large weste