An historical atlas, in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods, constructed upon an uniform scale, and coloured according to the political changes of each period.
A.D. 1498. The Discovery Of America, Edward Quin
The fold out map shows clouds around the outer edges of the map depicting the known world from the division of the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1294, to the discovery of America, A.D. 1498. Sixteenth period. Africa is fully shown for the first time and the East Coast of America from Newfoundland to the northern edge of South America. The West Indies are shown in blue.
