The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-21
OLD MAP OF AMERICA
ANCIENT DOCUMENT PUBLIsHED
IN AMSTERDAM IN 1926.
Contains Many Errors = Northwest
Territory a Blank and California
Marked as an Island-Found
in Pile of Rubbish.

Minneapolis. Minn.-An ancient and
faded map Of America. published in
Amsterdam in the year 1926, shortly
after the landing Of the Pilgrim ia
Ihers at Plymouth Rock. was found
among a pile Of old papers and rub
bish sent in to the Salvation Army
Industrial home the other day, and
Is one OF the most unique and inter
esting old documents that has been
brought TO light.
II is entitled America. with those
knowne parts OF that unknowne
worlde, bottle people. manners and
buildings; to be sold in Popshead AL
ley. against the Exchange OF G. Hum
BILE. London"
In the descriptive matter appears
the following statement: America.
what lieth beyond her from the
equator to the poles appears as yet
to be waste ground upon our maps"
The entire Northwest Territy from
Ohio west Is all a blank. The great
lakes are not shown, and that portion
Of the country around the Bay OF st.
Lawrence is called Canada The rest
Of the present dominion is called '"The
Northerne parte of Northe America"
Even the river st. Lawrence had not
been discovered. and in speaking OF
the present eastern states the mar
rator goes on to say: 1T is mostly
inhabited by our men, and therefore
called New England. There is but
one entrance by the sea, a faire bay.
The chief city is Tanus Towne.' ."
probably meaning Jamestown
One Of the oldest things about the
map is the western part of the con-
tinent, which shows the present gulf
Of lower California to extend on
through to the north, thus making OF
California an island. The narrator
states: "The islands of the America
In the Pacific seas are not many or
Of much account. The chief one is
California, an island about so leagues
from the Northe cape" There is
small village noted on the map called
IS. Francisco"
Florida is described as being near
the Bay Of Mexico. and beautiful re-
gion it is"
The Mississippi river is called the
River de Flores, and is not shown
for more than 100 miles from the
mouth
The present states Of New Mexico
and Arizona are called New Gran
ada" and are absolutely devoid Of any
signs Of towns or inhabitants. The
. mountains are all shown by little
. drawings OF trees. with many little
pictures Of wild cattle mixed in. The
present republic Of Mexico Is called
"Newe Spaine" The Pacific ocean is
called "the South Sea-" and the At
lantic the North Sea- The Atlantic
ocean Of that day is shown as being
that portion Of water surrounding the
coast Of Europe The waterway to
the south Of North America, south Of
the "Southe Sea- Is called the Pa
cifcke Seas" and below that is enti-
tied "the unknowne worlde."
Greenland and Baffn bay are shown
and the countries Of Central and
South America are very accurately
drawn, those OF Central America being
known by the same names as in use
to-day.
Capt Gooding of the Salvation
Army, has not the slightest idea Of
where the old map came from, and
was about to consign it to the rubbish
heap when he chenced to discover
what 1t was. It is probable that it
will be loaned to the historical depart
ment Of the state university.
In the same heap Of rubbish were
found several other old volumes. one
Of them being "Josephus Antiquities
OF the Jews" published in 1895; an
other being Tillotson's Exposition OF
the Bible" published in 1856.