Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1911 — Old Map of America. [ARTICLE]

Old Map of America.

Claude Vautin, an English mining engineer, who has been prospecting in Peru, returned the other day on the steamship Zacapa. Besides looking after mining property, he has been collecting' interesting antiquities of the country. One of the most interesting things he brings back with him is a map of South America made by the Jesuits In 1592. It gives an outline of the land as far north as Cuba and is apparently accurate. Its purpose is evidently plain, for every missionary station in the country at that time is indicated on the map, and the line of travel necessary to reach them is marked out. This 7 map was obtained by Mr. Vautin at Pund, Peru. Another interesting collection he brought back is the death masks of the Incas. These were hammered out of metal and placed over the faces of the dead. Three of these obtained by Mr. Vautin are of sheet gold.