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Bartholomè de las Casas : The Destruction of the Indies 15.16
Benzoni, Girolami of Milan : The New World 15.15, 15.19
Chiavez, Geronimo mentioned as author of the Florida map in cartouche Ort15.
Cieza, Pedro de Leon de 15.14, 15.19
Colius, Jacobus or Ortelianus, Ortelius' nephew 15.22, 15.43
De Reijcke, Jodocus or Joos : Letters to the Guardian of the Franciscans & Letters to the Flemish Friars 15.17-15.19
Fernandez, Diego 15.6, 15.32
Girava, or Gerava 15.2, 15.4, 15.21, 15.28, 15.40
Jerez, Francesco de 15.4, 15.30
Marselaer, Adriaen van 15.18
Mendez, Diego de, mentioned as author of the Peruvia map in cartouche Ort15
Monachus, Jacobus, also Morguetes or Morguez le moine, Jacques 15.24
Ortelianus or Colius, Jacobus, Ortelius' nephew 15.22, 15.43
Thevet 15.21