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Title: Secunda etas mundi = Secunda etas mũdi

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1493

Publishers

  • [Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493]

Summary

Caption title. Relief shown pictorially. Wood engravings by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurrf. Upper right: "foliũ XIII." From: Liber chronicarum, 12 July 1493. Depicts 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. Eastern hemisphere (Known world). Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. A panel of seven creatures borders the left margin. On verso: three columns of Latin text with the third column bordered by a panel of seven creatures on either side; upper right: "folium XII."

Subjects

  • Earth
  • World maps—Early works to 1800
  • Chronology, Historical—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Incunabula—Specimens—Maps
  • World maps—1493
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514. Secunda etas mundi = Secunda etas mũdi. [Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-cf95jd97q

Languages

  • lat