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[QUOTE]Originally posted by NaturalResources: [QB] Glass, you asked earlier how the Brits could have obtained copies of Spanish maps... An interesting note that I ran across during my research: During his 1577 expedition sponsored by Queen Elizabeth, Sir Francis Drake captured several Spanish ships in the Pacific off the coast of South America fill with treasure. It has been said that Drake used their more "accurate charts" during the rest of his journey north. It is highly possible that these charts could have been the original source for the Henry Briggs map of 1625. Coincidentally, many of the charts used by Drake, and records of his expedition were lost when Whitehall Palace burned to the ground in 1698, which might explain why most maps made after the early 1700's do not show a large lake north of New Mexico. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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