Note 221 — Chapter V · 1493-1506.
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Vide Map: Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationibus: in cover-pocket.
The somewhat similar inscriptions on the maps of 1501-1504 and 1513: “Hec terra cum ad iacentib’ insulis inuenta est per Columbu ianuensem ex mandato Regis Castelle.”—This land with the adjacent islands was discovered by Columbus, a Genoese, by the command of the king of Spain,—are authoritative declarations that the admiral was the discoverer of the represented territory.