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 ![Terrestrial Globe](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/chsi/files/terrestrial_globe.png)

 

**The Terrestrial Globe**  
  
**Building upon the cartographic examples of his contemporaries, particularly Mercator and Frisius, DeMongenet's coastlines and place names reflect a level of knowledge current at the time.   
  
The island of Japan is featured between Asia and North America, but goes unnamed in this version of Demongenet's map.   
  
A further touch of currency is added by a phrase referring to the return of Hernan Cortes (Cortesio) in 1530, appearing off the Pacific coast of Central America.**  
  
 **CHSI Inv. Number [1997-1-2060a](https://qrgo.page.link/Ty6dN), [1997-1-2060b,](https://qrgo.page.link/5B5AK)  
Date: circa 1552  
François DeMongenet  
  
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