Portuguese Maps of North America revealing
the
first discoveries by the Portuguese Navigators:
(I) World Map of Diogo Ribeiro of 1529
(2) Map of João Freire, 1546.
(3) World Map of Lopo Homem, 1554.
(4) 1568 — Map of Fernão Vaz Dourado
(5) 1571 — Map of Fernão Vaz Dourado.
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Detail of planisphere of Diogo Ribeiro, 1529,
showing Labrador, Land of Corte Reais and land of Estevão Gomes
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Detail of João Freire's chart, 1564 showing
Newfoundland's coast with Portuguese names
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Chart of Lopo Homem, c. 1550, showing the Canadian
coast with Portuguese place names.
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Chart of Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1568 with Portuguese
place names along the coast from Labrador to Rhode Island.
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Chart of Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571. Terra dos Corte
Reais or Land of Corte Reais. Includes the north part of New England