an island far from mainland with a dense
archipelago instead of an isthmus.

1534 PETRUS MARTYR, VINEGIA (Nord.).
Yucatan an island with dense archipelago in lieu of isthmus.

1536 MERCATOR.
Yucatan a peninsula.

1538 GERARDUS MERCATOR (Nord.).
Yucatan named and an island.

1539? PORTULAN OF CHARLES V, IN WIENER, 1875.
Has Yucatan a round island a good way from mainland on three
different maps.

1540 PTOLEMY, BASEL (Nord.).
Yucatan shown as an island.

1542 ALONSO DE SANTA CRUZ, IN DAHLGREN, 1892.
Shows Yucatan as a peninsula, but makes east coast run nearly
east and west.

1543 CASPAR VOPEL (Nord.).
Yucatan shown as an island.

1548 PTOLEMY, VENICE (Nord.).
Yucatan shown as an island, not named.

1551 APPIANUS.
Has Yucatan as a peninsula.

1554 GASTALDI, MAPPAMUNDI, VENICE (Mueller Coll.).
Has Yucatan a peninsula, but has no names save Cozumel and
Catoche.

1556 HIERONIMO GIRAVA, MILAN (Nord.).
Yucatan is a peninsula, but much too small.

1560 FERRANDO BERTELI (Mueller Coll.).
Yucatan (called Luc[=a]tan) is an island close to the mainland.

1562 MARTINES, JOAN, MAP OF THE WORLD (in Stevenson, 1911).
Yucatan is shown as a peninsula. The isthmus is too narrow.

1566? LANDA (see Plate IV).
This map, notwithstanding its inaccuracies, is interesting and
valuable. It appears in the original MS. of Bishop Landa's famous
work. The remarks as to distances, in the southwest corner, are,
of course, entirely erroneous. Also it should be noted that
Cozumel (i.e., Cuzmil) and Las Mujeres are placed on the wrong
side of the peninsula. One of the most interesting points about
the map is that it gives Mani as "The city of the King." This is
undoubtedly a reference to the Tutul Xius whom we have mentioned
in the body of this book.

1566? LANDA (see Plate V).
This smaller map is much like the foregoing one. But it fails
to include such place names as Ychpa, Chicheniza, Mani, and so
on. At the same time a slight improvement is to be noted in the
location of Cozumel, though one is at a loss to account for the
placing of Cape Catoch.[A3.3]

1570 ORTELIUS, THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM.
Shows Yucatan as a peninsula; calls Merida Atalaria, Cozumel
Acasumal, etc.

1572 THOMASO POR