Bayer, Johann. Auriga, 1603 Greatest Watercolors the island appeared on Admiralty

the island appeared on Admiralty charts and other reputable maps for centuries

It is also known to have hung in the halls of of Congress

in the mid-XIIIc

A Celestial Globe… manufactured and published under the superintendence of SDUK

which is attributed to Jean Baptieste Bourguignon d’Anville

Bayer, Johann. Auriga, 1603 Greatest Watercolors the island appeared on AdmiraltyJohann Bayer Auriga From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the