Tierra Nueva -- European Cities and Die Faerger or Faroe

and Die Faerger or Faroe Islands

Trent and the Gulf of Venice

This map by Drumm was made to illustrate Olmsted's suggested improvements

This large

A beautiful large image

Tierra Nueva -- European Cities and Die Faerger or FaroeTierra Nueva. A bit of a cryptic image to our eyes today, this early map has a contour that we can recognize as the East Coast of the US, but the closer we inspect, the more we see interesting juxtapositions and theories. Based off of the earlier landmark Gastaldi map of 1548, this updated version notes Virginia and Nova Francia, as well as La Florida. But also includes a mass of almost indistinct islands just off the coast that allude to Newfoundland