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Sunday, May 21, 2006

First Map To Name Canada Going On The Block

An interesting post today on the Canadian Cartographic Association's blog: the first map to name Canada is to be auctioned at Christie's next month. Paolo Forlani's world map, published in 1562, will be offered for sale on June 9. But according to Rodney Shirley's Mapping of the World, the name 'Canada' actually appeared on the first, 1560 version of Forlani's map. In either case, a rare gem, and one that is expected to fetch around $200,000.



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