World Map 16th Century

Description: World maps of the Northern and Southern hemisphere published in 1593 by the Dutch cartographer and engraver Gerard de Jode.


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World Map 17th Century

Description: World map Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula Autore made by the Dutch cartographer Claes Janszoon Visscher in the 17th century, published in 1652.


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World Map 18th Century

Description: World map with the trade winds from the German or Dutch cartographer Herman(n) Moll first published in England 1719. Picture from Atlas Minor, 3rd edition, London 1736.


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World Map 14th Century

Description: World map made around 1420 by the Italian cartographer Pietro Vesconte.


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World Map 14th Century

Description: World map from the English chronicler and Benedictine monk Ranulf Higdon, published in the late 14th century.


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World Map 19th Century

Description: Dutch world map from Otto Petri published in 1860.


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World Map 16th Century

Description: World map from the Italian captain and cartographer Antonio Millo, published between 1582-1584.


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World Map 16th Century

Description: World map from the Italian cartographer Battista Agnese published in the Portolan Atlas 1544. The map shows the route Magellan took around the world and the route from Cadiz/Spain to Peru.


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World Map 18th Century

Description: World map from the German geographer and cartographer Johann Baptist Homann, published in Nürnberg 1707.


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World Map 7th Century

Description: T-O map from the 7th century, the early Middle Ages, with the description of the world according the Etymologiae of Isidore of Sevilla, who was Archbishop of Seville/Spain for more than three decades. This T and O map is a copy from the 12th century.

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World Map 12th Century

Description: World map from the Italian monk Beato di Liebana, made in the 12th century.


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