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Yale Recipient Of Columbus' Map, Used To Sail To Cuba MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. 1962 By LEONARD A. GRANATO United Press International . New Haven, Conn. ll'PC Christopher Columbus either used a copy of a rare map now on display at Yale uni versity or his pinpoint lano ing on a Caribbean island was heer genius. Henrieus Martellus, a Ger man cartographer living in Florence, Italy, painted the map in tempera on canvas backed paper in the late I5th century. Martellus located the " island of Cipangu-thought to be Japan, but actually Cuba 90 degrees west of the Cana ry Islands. ' By Oct. 11. 1492, Columbus had sailed 89 degrees west from the Canaries and was keeping his eye peeled for Ci pangu. He landed the next day on Cuba. The map, found only re cently and given anonymous ly to Yale, has been dated Maurine Neuberger Lauds Modification Of Shipping Bill Washineton - Senate Com-1 flu if vpsu fnr ihinmni nf . t.-ith ...... .... mm J A 5 Washington - Senate Com merce Committee approval of legislation to modify applica tion of the Jones Act in inter coastal trade has been laud- uniber from the West Coast lo the Atlantic seaboard mar ket. The new bill ordered favorably reported was intro duced in lieu of S. 2737. a Jones Act rerjoal hill anlhor- Yale's curator of When you sail west, just j step toward unshackling Pa- cd by Senator Neuberger. and "It cannot be dated earlier jgitude graduations on the than 1488 because it shows j Martellus map is enormous, the results of the African voy- j Vietor said, because Colum- age of Bartolomew Diaz in I bus faced an awesome prob- ed by Sen. Maurine B. Neu- that year. ' said Alexander O. ! lem. t berger (D-Ore.) as ' another Vietor maps. Columbus himself a cartog rapher, used every map and globe he could obtain in plan ning his voyage west to reach India. Vietor said Martin Pinzon a captain on the first voyage. reported seeing a map in jporary maps and globes, there Rome that Placed Cioanau 90 fwas always the question of how far is it from Spain to India? "Other maps available to Columbus had only latitude scales," Vietor said. "Regard less of the distance in degrees I from one part of the world to I another as shown bv contem- degrees west of the Canaries "If the Martellus map is the one that Pinzon said lie saw in Italy, Pinzon could very well have copied it or made notes from it." Vietor said. "One of the intriguing possi bilities about the map is that ii may nave Deen paimca over the length of the degree it self." Columbus c a 1 c ulatcd 45 nautical miles to the degree. While this calculation is ba sically incorrect (Columbus used the Roman league, four of which equal three nautical miles), it is accurate in terms a printed outline. Longitude Lines "If this is the case, it be- around 1489, making it the j comes obvious that if several only existing pre - Columbus ' printed copies were ground, voyage map of the world con-'Columbus might very well staining both longitude and ! have had one aboard." -'latitude graduations. 1 The significance of the Ion- THE BETTER SERVICE . . . Finest funeral home in Southern Oregon. 26 years of faithful service. 100 locally owned and operated. Funeral costs below the average. Only local sponsor of Oregon Funeral Plan Insurarce. Only lady assistant in Ashland. Only ambulance service in Ashland. LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME Highway 66 at Normal Ave. Ashland Dial 482-2816 C. M Litwiller Mrs. Litwiller Ashland's Leading Funtral Director Since i 935 of the Martellus map. "In other words, Columbus could have counted the de grees as shown on the Martel lus map, then multiplied by 45 to get the distance from Spain to Cipangu," Vietor I said. "In any event, he found Ian island where both he and Martellus expected it to be." Vietor said the map, regard ed as the most valuable in the Yale collection, is important in its detailed treatment of the African coastline as well as in its possible tie to Colum bus. The map has been x-rayed and photographed under ultra-violet and infrared lights in hopes of bringing back its original colors with a modi fied cleaning and restoration program. Experts who have Studied it attest to its authen- i ticity. "The map is extraordinary in its size and precision six 'feet by four feet," Vietor said, j "It is indeed a missing link and its discovery will necessi tate revisions in the analysis of the geographical back ground of the late 15th century." cific Northwest lumber pro-! S. 1305, a shipper assistance ducers so they can compete ! bill proposed by Commerce fairly in the marketplace." Committee Chairman Warren Her comment followed a G. Magnuson and others, decision by the committee to ! "The new committee bill. report new legislation permit-1 i 3517. gives full recognition to tne necessity for Jones Act modification if we are to pre vent further decline of both ; the intercoastal shipping and West Coast lumber industry," ; Senator Neuberger declared. "The committee action is in ting limited use of fnreign- and the nrnurimi aHi'mil last week by President Ken nedy. "Latest figures on lumber shipments to the Atlantic Coast market give further own thinking proof of the need for inline- j put people back to work by i removal of the Jones Act bar- j Educated Stripper riers which give Canadians an i r - . .. i advantage of si i to $13 per ! Soys Pay Substantial thousand board feet in ship-! East Orange, N. J. -H'Pli- A i ping costs. diate action. In the first six months of 1962. Canadian sawmills in British Columbia have shipped over 517 million board feet of lumber by water to the U. S. Atlantic coast T more lumber to the East i f of Columbia Service Coast than they averaged in I Astoria -ilW- The ferryboat any full year between 1950 j MV Kitsap has arrived and is m rhis means that in six months, j Ferryboat Groomed Lhe Canadian mills shipped ' , . The U.S. Air Force aca demy in Colorado has a roof of 17 spires rising more than 150 feet in the air. Former Oakridge Police Chief Sued Salem WPli An Oakridge policeman filed a malicious prosectilion action in circuit court here Tuesday against a former Oakridge police chief he claims filed charges against him out of pique over a traffic ticket. H. M. Swartz is seeking S10.000 damages from Kirby V. Williams In the suit, filed in Marion County Circuit Court. Swartz says he gave Wil liams a traffic ticket last June 7. He said that while on duty June 15. Williams went before the Oakridge munici pal judge and charged him with leaving a motor vehicle untended while its motor was running, improper parking and jaywalking. The charges were dismissed. Mayflower Fams To Hike Milk Price Portland - Wli - Another ; milk company today announc-1 and 19tS0. Halfway through being groomed for service br ed an increase in the price of j 1962, British Columbia mills tween here and Megler. milk. possess 65.4 per cent of our The boi)1 rec,,n,v was pur. Mayflower Farms said its j prime Atlantic seaboard mar- j cr,ased from Washington for milk will go up one cent a i ket. $27,500. Oregon Highway De- quart Aug. 13. Carnation Co. 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