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Check out this map of the Arctic from the 16th century. There are four major land masses surrounding a polar sea with a massive magnetic rock in the center, called Rupes Nigra the Latin words for Black Rock.
Book Sources
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“The Phantom Atlas” - Edward Brooke-Hitching
"Half Moon" - Douglas Hunter
"A New World Voyager" - Edward Butts
RareMaps.com Sources
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1596 Geradus Mercator Arctic Map - www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
1590 Petrus Plancius World Map - www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
1570 Ortelius First World Atlas - www.raremaps.com/gallery/deta...
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