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■WESTERN HALF OF THE FIRST MAP OF THE NEW DISCOVERIES, DRAWN ON OX-HIDE IN COLOURS BY THE PILOT JUAN DE LA COSA, A. D. I5C», NOW PRE- SERVED IN THE NAVAL MUSEUM, MADRID. SIZE l8 X 21 INCHES. THIS CELE- BRATED MAP W.\S DISCOVERED Bl' BARON ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT WHII.F. AT WORK IN THE LIBRARY OF BARON WALKENAER. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE MAP IS A VIGNETTE RBPRESE.VTING SAINT CHRISTOPHER (THE CHRLST-BEARER) CARRYING UPON HIS SHCULDERS THE INFANT CHRIST, SUPPOSED TO BE AN ALLUSION TO COLUMBUS.