Note 408 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

Vol. III. p. 8. The fac-simile there given follows Jomard’s. Harrisse (Notes on Columbus, p. 40), comparing Jomard’s reproduction with Humboldt’s description, thinks there are omissions in it. Becher (Landfall of Columbus) speaks of the map as “the clumsy production of an illiterate seaman.” There is also a reproduction of the American parts of the map in Weise’s Discoveries of America, 1884.