3-056-863 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, c1535-1542. The map is 'upside down' to western eyes. At bottom right is the coast of Labrador, peopled by Indians with bows and arrows, and a bear. The island near the centre of the map is Iceland, and on the left are the British Isles and the north coast of France, above that Spain and part of North Africa. From the "Boke of Idrography" (The Rotz Atlas) by John Rotz.