Secunda etas mundi.
Description:
Map shows the pre-Columbus world, based on Ptolemy's Geographia. Jerusalem is at the center of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown. Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date:
1493
Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
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Partner:
University of Texas at Arlington Library