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the worid they are showed further
west between l64-1s9 deg. and are al
l9 deg lat y Both maps have the
inscription that they were detineaiei
and engraved by OrteliHs in 1857
The author. howefer, seems TO
have doubted the existende of the
OF the group. for on a pap I6f the Pa
cific made BY him tTo Years later,
he omiys them. whilst he puts the
Bolcanos flour in numberl and "a
Farfana between T65-170 deg. Ion. E.
ana about % deg. lat y
The Los Monges reappsar on map
OF the two ,hemispheres, made by
Petrus Plancius in 1894. The three
islands are in a line at y deg, la. y.
and between l49-l54 deg Ion. w On
this map. Acapulco, the Spaniards
port of departure is situated hut one
degree too far east and Los Monges
are distant from il by 80 degrees,
whilst the real distance from the la,
waiian Islands is SIS degrees. This
map does not contain the Bolcanos.
a Dutch edition of Ortelius of 1925
comes with an important innovation.
The first map tTypus Orbis Terrar-
UNI shows three islets Los Boil
canos just above the tropic, and La
Farfana just beneath it az Ia deg.
lon w. and shows at the same time
Los Monges at I9 deg, lat. ~ and be-
tween 165-169 deg. lon. w.
A New Asian Description
!: A second map: New Description of
Asia. makes the Monges group con-
sist of seven islands What used to
be the four Bolcanos grouped in the
from of a cross with La Mariana I'M
deTneath, in now called: Los Maui
ges, defective spelling of Los Mon
GEES La Fezina and principally La
Desgraeiada have grown in size; the
last named island looks very much
like Hawaii. whilst La Desgraciada's
form approaches that of Oahu. The
islands are between 1920 deg, lat. n.
and 1915 deg. Ion w. La Farfana,
Nolcan del Fuego and Lanieni there
called I4aniefn) also are mapped at
25 deg lat n and between 1888
deg. lon W. On this map the whole
of the island La Disgraciada is not
shown. hut the same map being re-
produced in the Italian edition of 1912
gives the outline of that island In its
entirety, moreover Los Bolcanos are
showed somewhat further north, and
Los Monges further south
The Bolcanos once more make their
appearance in 1917 in the Geography
of j. A. Magini, where they, but not
Los Monges, are indicated. From
that year on they disappear from the
maps forever, and leave Los Monges
in sole possession. But strange to
say, this group is reduced to its first
proportions, towit, to three islands
Los Monges always to sthe west, La
Yezina in the middle, and La Des-
gracada, to- the east, The latitude
varies from the 18th to the oath de-
gree; but is more often about the
list. The longitude also varies be-
tween f33 and 155 w, more often
around the 1fSth meridian. Towards
the end of the XVIII century there
is a tendency to move them too far
east to about the 1880 meridian
but at the end of that century
they are again showed westward,
SO That in 1885 we find them fon'ia
map IN Dutch Voyages. Vol. VIII a.
49, lat n and 143o long. w.
Old Atlas Bears Map.
An atlas published in Ills at Am
sterdam IN the French language AT
las. de la Navigation ct du Com
nferee, also bears the three islands.
Les Monges there called Los Mouges),
La Eezina end La Desgraciada ehere