John Blaeu Map
Among the other early maps to include both Labrador and Newfoundland is one by
Joan Blaeu. done about 1663. It also illustrates the Grand Banks in a form more
recognizable today. The island is a stretched triangle shape with the Avalon
Peninsula largely squashed.
Reproduction courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.
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