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OriginalAmericae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio, a map of the New World by Diego Gutiérrez and Hieronymus Cock from 1562. The map is the first to use the name "California" and remained the largest map of the Americas for a century.
Reason
Following the previous nom, it looks like the British Library copy is more faithful than that of the LoC with clipped borders. And now there is also a dedicated article.
Articles in which this image appears
Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio, Age of Discovery, Mercator 1569 world map
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Diego Gutiérrez, Hieronymus Cock

Promoted File:Gutiérrez, the Americas, 1562.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:16, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]