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The original version of this map, published ca. 1490 in Florence, was created by Henricus Martellus from the previous work of Nicolaus Cusanus.…
De Natura Rerum, which translates to “On the Nature of Things,” was created between 612 and 615 CE. The manuscript discusses a range of topics…
The Miller Atlas is a collection of a eight beautifully embellished maps from 1519. They are attributed to Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel, and Jorge Reinel,…
The Castiglioni World Map, created by Portuguese cartographer Diogo Ribeiro in 1525, is a stunning and detailed depiction of the known world during…
Pierre d’Ailly’s Imago mundi was written in 1410; this printed edition adds several related treatises and was published in the 1480s. Christopher…
The Urbis Romae Topographia written by Bartolomeo Marliani in 1544, is a book exploring the city of Rome and includes maps that depict the city. In…
This map is a mappamundi that illustrates Beatus of Liebana’s Girona Codex, one of the most highly decorated manuscripts of his Commentary on the…
The star chart in Stephan Fridolin’s Treasury of the True Riches of Salvation is a woodcut print depicting Earth at the center of the solar system.…
The van Keulen family firm, known as “In de Gecroonde Lootsman”, which created the Zee-Atlas, “dominated Dutch maritime cartography for two…
The collection of images in Matrakçı Nasuh’s Menazilname serves as an “account of Sultan Süleyman Süleyman Khan’s Iraqi campaign,” according to an…