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Hartmann Schedel Ptolemaic Worldmap
Nurenberg Chronicle
Type of object:
Maps and globes
Time period:
Portugal & Spanje
Place:
Nurenberg
Date:
1493
Maker / Author:
Hartmann Schedel
Publisher / Printer:
A. Koberger German edition ‘Das ander and alter der werlt’
Dimensions:
18 x 25"
Material:
Paper
Graduation:
2 pages
Inscription:
Dasd Ander and Alter der Welt
Provenance:
References:
Description
2 ste edition after the latin addition of the same year. The oldest decorative world map that’s obtainable. Map shows 12 wind heads, shows the three sons of Noah, and seven mythology races of mankind. With 14 more on verso. From the German edition of which only 343 intact copies exist. Last great world map published which predates Columbus’s voyages Indian Ocean still shown landlocked. Columbus arrived in Bahama’s in 12/10/1492 (and 1498 mainland of south America).
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