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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist Site Search:		The Mercador Map of 1538 Using information from explorations made in the early 1500's, Mercator develops this map of the new world and applies the name "America" to the entire continent. Reproduced from: United States Library of Congress. 1909-1920. A list of geographical atlases of America in the Library of Congress, with bibliographical notes. Comp. under the direction of P. Lee Phillips, F. R. G. S., Chief of the Division of Maps and Charts. Vols. 1-2 paged continuously. GPO, Washington. <= Back to Exploration History

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