Juan de la Cosa mappa mundi, 1500, one of the first to show America, this map was discovered in 1832 in a Paris shop by French scientist and map enthusiast Charles Walckenaer. It is thought the map had been taken from the Secret Archives at the Vatican by Napoleon in 1810.Juan de la Cosa mappa mundi, 1500, one of the first to show America, this map was discovered in 1832 in a Paris shop by French scientist and map enthusiast Charles Walckenaer. It is thought the map had been taken from the Secret Archives at the Vatican by Napoleon in 1810.
Juan de la Cosa mappa mundi, 1500, one of the first to show America, this map was discovered in 1832 in a Paris shop by French scientist and map enthusiast Charles Walckenaer. It is thought the map had been taken from the Secret Archives at the Vatican by Napoleon in 1810.