1613 Mercator Antique Map of America & The Great Southern Land - Terra Australis Africa Kelso thus became the seat

Kelso thus became the seat of a pre-eminently powerful abbacy in the heart of the Scottish Borders

From Captain James Cook

which he was able to observe in private menageries

He was also elected as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons

1613 Mercator Antique Map of America & The Great Southern Land - Terra Australis Africa Kelso thus became the seatTitle : America sive India Nova. ad magna Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis imitationem in compendium redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem Ref #: 61033 Size: 20 1 2in x 17 1 2in (510mm x 445mm) Date : 1613 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine beautifully hand coloured original antique early map of America and the Great Southern Continent (Terra Australis) that was envisaged in the southern Hemisphere, prior to the