The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-08-03
OLD MAP OF AMERICA
ANCIENT DOCUMENT PUBLISHED
IN AMSTERDAM IN 1920.
Contains Many Errors - Northwest
Territory a Blank and California
Marked as an fsland-Found
in Pile Of Rubbish.

100 Pile OF Rubbish.
Minneapolis MINI An ancient and
faded map OF America. published boa
Amsterdam iu The year 1926. shortly
r'tr lD landing NJ the Pilgrim M.
ticr at Plymouth Rock. was found
hW1u. 20 pile " old papers aud rub.
hab ."Ht iu to- the salvation Army
lniIH-.lI home the other day. and
o. one of the most unique and inter
Hiins pid documents that has been
hrUusH. LOO light
II h entitled America. with thuH,
knovn' parts of that unknown,
vorlir. bottle people. manners aul
buildings 10 be- sold In Popshoad Al
Icy. araInst tho Exchange or g Hum
bic London
Zoo Doe descriptive matter appears
~" ''iIoNing statement America.
vhl. Teeth beyond her from fhn
equator 10 the poles appears as yet
10 br tuste ground upon our maps"
Ih" entire Nnuhw,Ht Torriy from
ONO west is all o. blank The great
lakes are not shown. and chat portion
of th' country around the Bay or &c.
Lawrence o. called Gambia. Thr rest
Of tho proout dominion b. called "Tho
Nouhornc p3rto OF NorIho America"
Even the river So Lawrence had not
been discovered nul ln speaking u
Nh, .Uni eastern states fhu mar. |
ratIf goes uu to Say. 700 Us mostly |
Inhabited hy our mrH and therefore |
called Sew England There is but |
ono entrance by the aal o. nire bay |
Tho chief city ls Janus r1wno.
probably meaning lamoHiown
one of the oldest thing. about the
map T. the western part OF the con.
iineni which shows tho present gulf |
n lower California 10 extend ON
through To- the north thus making NJ
California lu island Tho narrator
states The islands OF the America
IN M" Pacific SOFAS are not many OF
NJ much account The chief one is
California. an island about 30 leagues
from thr Norihc cape There ls
ANAL village noted ON tho map called
% Francisco"
Florida o. described u1 being near
thc BAY Of Mexico. aud a beautiful re-.
giou q, is"
The MlalsaIppl river Is called the
'Riycr de- flora" aud o. not shown
for more than 100 miles from the
mouth
The present states OF New Mexico
and Arizona are called "Now Gran.
ada" nnd arr absolutely devoid OF any
signa 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 a. called
'Newe 5palue" The Pacific ocean Is
called tho South Sea- and the AZ.
'antic Tho North Sea-" The Atlantic
ocean N that day ls shown na belna
hat portion Of water surrounding tho
ionat of Europe Tho waterway 10
he south " North America. south Of
No 'Southe Sea- rs called the pa.
'inckc Seas" and below that is enti-
led the unnownc worldc"
Greenland and Balm bay are shown
,nd the countries NJ Central and
south America are very accurately
lrawn. those Of Central America being
'nown by the same names as In use
o-lay
Capt Cooling or the Salvation
\rmy. has not the slightest idea OF
yhero tho old man came from and
was about 10 copsign it 90 che rubbish
icap when he CHANGED to discover
What It was II rs prohnbl, that o.
viii be- loaned 10 the historical depart.
ncut Of the state university.
In the aamo heap OF rubbish We're
ouud several other old yolumos, one
II them being "Josophus Antlaultles
II tho Jews" published in 1896. an
'thcr being TilIotsn's Exposition OF
no Bible" published In 1866