The Discovery of North America

Antique reference books on Cartography are especially hard to find, and ASI is proud to offer some of these rare books.This volume presents the discovery and exploration of the North American continent, from the earliest references down to the first permanent settlements, as described by the explorers themselves and delineated by contemporary Europeans. The vivid narratives of those who first sailed along its coasts, penetrated the unknown interior with its primeval forests, wide rivers, and hostile inhabitants, man and beast, are richly supplemented by the drawings of the explorers and by the conceptions of the land which they brought back to European mapmakers and artists…The illustrations are taken from rare contemporary records, manuscript and engraved maps, and original paintings of the period.””

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