r/oldmaps • u/96987 • 23d ago

Munster's World map from the 1575 Italian version of Cosmographia, from my collection

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u/Dell0c0 23d ago

Bolivia and half of the US were under water and Japan appeared closer to Washington state.

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u/Transfer_McWindow 23d ago

They later discovered that the great pink ocean monster was actually Australia