The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . PLATE Vm 0 THE WORLD 1 Explanation Trua oidiines and, positions in. SlackThe show Oie disploAonaiuacctiTdmg to iii£perta idoi^ficatiorLt: MAP 521 Magiiii (1555-1G17) of Padua, who in his Novas gcorjr. tahulm, pub-lished in !596, ga7o greater precision to tho determinations ofposition. Giovanni Battista Nieoloai (1610-70) of Sicily issuedlit Home a series
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . PLATE Vm 0 THE WORLD 1 Explanation Trua oidiines and, positions in. SlackThe show Oie disploAonaiuacctiTdmg to iii£perta idoi^ficatiorLt: MAP 521 Magiiii (1555-1G17) of Padua, who in his Novas gcorjr. tahulm, pub-lished in !596, ga7o greater precision to tho determinations ofposition. Giovanni Battista Nieoloai (1610-70) of Sicily issuedlit Home a series of huge niajM of tlie homisplicres and tho French mapmakors of this period must bo mentionedOronco Fini! (Finxus) from Dau))himS (14L4-1555), who published in1531 his rionifqikrerinm gcociraiyhkum in tho shape of a heartaccording to the projection of Apianus; Jolivct (about 1560);Guillaunie Postol (l.^iOS-Sl), who in 1570 drew a new map ofFranco; the Franciscan Andre Thevet (1502-90), who in 1575edited a Cosmofjraphie univcrsclU (2 vols, in folio), and finallyMolchior Tavernier, a pupil ofOrtelius {oh. 1641), who publishedmany maps of European countries. In England there appeared in 154 4the great map of the world by Sebastian C
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