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 A MAP OF THE GLOBE IN THE TIME OF COLUMBUS In 1492 a German mariner, Behaim, made a globe which is still preserved in Nuremberg. lie did not know of the existence of the American continents or of the vast Pacific Ocean. It will be noticed that he places Japan (Cipango) where Mexico lies. In the reproduction many names are omitted and the outlines of North and South America are sketched in so as to make clear the misconceptions of Columbus's time