How did the cartographer know the general outline of western south america? Magellan didn’t get passed the straits of magellan till 1520. Who was there before?
How did the cartographer know the general outline of western south america? Magellan didn’t get passed the straits of magellan till 1520. Who was there before?...
Always wondered that myself with these old maps. How did they know the relative size of everything?
Pedro Ãlvares Cabral
The story I read was that a guy had an old map and saw a name on it similar to America so he changed his name so it would look like he named it after himself. The Mayans and others were here long before “White people”.
Pedro Alvares Cabral?