Americas.- Mercator (Michael) America Sive India Nova, map of the Western hemisphere centred on the Americas, including New Guinea and both poles, surrounded by roundels in the four corners, three containing inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola, the fourth containing the title, arabesque decoration filling the remaining border, the map based on Rumold Mercator's world map of 1587, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 380 x 465 mm (15 x 18 1/4 in), sheet 480 x 535 mm (18 7/8 x 21 in), Latin text verso, central vertical fold with some repairs, parallel creasing, some spotting and browning, the margins with exposure lines and toning, handling creases, unframed, [circa 1595 or slightly later]

⁂ "A few of the most famous theories are still present: a large inland lake in Canada, two of the four islands of the North Pole, a bulge to the west coast of South America and the large southern continent. It does not show any knowledge of the English in Virginia, which is possibly a reflection of their failure by then" (Burden 87)