Memoir on a Mappemonde by Leonardo da Vinci, Being the Earliest Map Hitherto Known Containing the Name of America

ON A MAP P E M - -. - -_:-„. LE0>3ARD0. DA VINCI: R. H. MA JO R, 7^fi fITQC?^gOTi '3^ '\\ ■y-- Cornell University Library GA308.L5 M23 + + - mmnemonde by Leonardo Ite vi Memor on a maopemonoe u^^^^^ Overs y^,H^e^^ y^^,A*^^>^- yt:^^. Li-uAki -.-jv' … V. Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tiie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. w MEMOIR ON A MAPPEMONDE BY LEONAKDO DA VINCI, BEING THE EAKLIEST MAP HITHERTO KNOWN.CONTAINING THE KAME OF AMEEICA NOW IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION AT WINDSOR. COMMUNICATED TO THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES BY EICHAUD HENRI MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A., &c. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET. ~Y FEOM THE AECHiEOLOGIA, VOL. XL. 4^ MEMOIB ON A MAPPEMONDE BY LEONAEDO DA VINCI. To AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON FEANKS, ESQ., DiKECTOR OP THE SoCIBTY OF ANTIQUARIES. Mt dear Franks I HAVE had placed in my hands by B. B. Woodward, Esq., E.S.A., the Queen's Librarian, a Map of the World, which he has found in Her Majesty's Library at Windsor, in the collection of papers in the handwriting of Leonardo da Vinci. Mr. Woodward's object in sending it to me was that I might ascertain as nearly as possible the date of its construction, from the nature of the geographical information which it contained. It was evident at a gla…