Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Bermudas dictarum : ad ostia Mexicani aestuarij iacentium in latitudine graduum 32: minutorum 25 ; ab Anglia, Londino scilicet versus libonotum 3300 miliaribus anglicanis ; et a Roanoack (qui locus est in Virginia) versus euro-notum 500 mil.; accurate descr
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A mapp of the Sommer Ilands once called the Bermudas : lying at the mouth of the bay of Mexico in the Lattitude of 32 degr. 25 mi. ; distant from England viz from London toward the west south-west 3300 miles and from Roanoack in Virginia towards the east south east 500 miles ; exactlie surveyed.
Kashnor notes, "an interesting map." see 105:184,5,6 for other versions of this map. see 105:188 for same map with wider borders. "About midsomer 1616, five persons departed from these Ilands in a smal open boat of some 3 tunn and after 7 weeks arrived al safe in Ireland, & like hath scarce bene heard of in any age." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Description of the Summer Ilands, once called the Bermudas. [In English] page 41 and 42.
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