EVB2931803: 1562 map of North and South America by Spaniard, Diego Gutiérrez. Map features not only the Amazon River system, Lake Titicaca, and an erupting volcano in central Mexico. Place name of California' is used for the first time. The decorative map includes fanciful images of parrots, monkeys, mermaids, huge sea creatures, Brazilian cannibals, and Patagonian gi, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931841: 1531 world map showing Northern and Southern Hemispheres by Frenchman Oronce Fine (1494-1555). The map combines Ptolemaic concepts with new discoveries; Asia and North America are represented as one landmass, "Terra Australis" combines Australia and Antarctica, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images