Tierra Nueva -- European Cities A beautiful large image

A beautiful large image

A substantial next step in the development of this portion of the North

Trent and the Gulf of Venice

and Die Faerger or Faroe Islands

Tierra Nueva -- European Cities A beautiful large imageTierra 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