1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map State of Hesse, Germany California Before the fifteenth century the

Before the fifteenth century the people of Southern Europe had little geographical knowledge of the Scandinavian World except from sketchy detail shown in the Catalan Atlas (1375) and on a number of " portolani" embracing Denmark and the southern tip of Norway

were mostly tapped out by the 15th century

That was left to enterprising individuals

Cooks reception by the New Hebrideans was generally hostile

but the Inca leadership encouraged the worship of Inti – their sun god – and imposed its sovereignty above other cults such as that of Pachamama

1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map State of Hesse, Germany California Before the fifteenth century theTitle : Hassia landtgrauiatus Per Geradum Mercatorem Cum Privilego Size: 21in x 17in (530mm x 430mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Date : 1628 Ref #: 26107 Description: This original copper plate engraved hand coloured antique map of the State of Hesse or Hessia, in central Germany, by Gerard Mercator was published by Henricus Hondius in the early 1628 French edition of Gerard Mercators Atlas. These maps, published in the early editions of