Map of the world of Christopher Columbus.

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Description

Title: Map of the world of Christopher Columbus.
Creator: Columbus, Christopher
Hammer, Heinrich, active 1480-1496, cartographer
Rosselli, Francesco di Lorenzo, 1445-1513
Published / Created: ca. 1489
Description: "Opus [fecit?] Henricus Martellus Germanus."
Devised devised by cataloger.
Map is drawn on "pseudo-cordiform" projection.
Mounted on canvas. An engraved border is pasted on canvas around the map.
Represents the whole of the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia).
Twelve windheads, with short descriptive legends in scrolls, and conventional cloud symbols surround map; includes two longer legends in panels in bottom corners.
Extent: 1 map on 9 sheets :
190 x 108 cm
hand colored ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale not determined.
Coordinates: (W 5°--E 270°/N 85°--S 40°)., -005.000000, -040.000000, 085.000000, 270.000000, and a
Language: Latin

Access: Public
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