Homann, Gussefeld. Charte das Russischereich und die von den Tatarn. Nuremburg: 1786 archived 031622 Plate LXXI

Plate LXXI

Quivira refers to the Seven Cities of Gold sought by the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1541

showing the continent in detail and offering a fascinating cartographic snapshot of late-sixteenth century geographic thought

with many details of the Americas omitted that were known to mapmakers by 1513

from the introductory years of the Queen Anne style in the 1730s until after the Revolutionary War

Homann, Gussefeld. Charte das Russischereich und die von den Tatarn. Nuremburg: 1786 archived 031622 Plate LXXIGussefeld Homann Charte das Russischereich und die von den Tatarn Nuremburg: 1786 approx. 23 x 27 1 4 in.