https://hist231.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/c619d81c7c2e201ded40deae795f4d4f.jpg 5ac4991256da09128c0e067ba85f28bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cusanus Map Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Parva Germania; Eichstätt Map Description An account of the resource This map depicts central Europe, from the Baltic Sea down to Venice, and from Flanders to the Crimean peninsula. It mainly focuses on cities and the major natural features of the landscape, such as seas, major lakes and rivers, and large forests, as well as many islands. A clear effort was made to be faithful to the current knowledge of the area, with many places and modern cities easily recognizable. Every city, body of water, and region is labeled in Latin. Each city is represented by a little drawing of a building, or several buildings for larger cities. The city of Varad, now Oradea in Transylvania, for example, is drawn as a large castle, but the many large settlements along the Rhine River are each drawn as multiple large buildings, also indicating their size, but showing that they are different, perhaps less hostile to the people making the map. Similarly, the forests are drawn with trees of different sizes and densities in different places, holding a lot of detail about the terrain in a very simple way. These features keep the map feeling uncluttered and simple without compromising on detail. There was also a lot of care paid to the rivers, with many minor rivers filled in where a different map maker might not have deemed them important enough for such a large scale map. The map was clearly made through different accounts of regions being synthesized into one whole map, as some places appear to be out of place slightly when compared to the entire map, but everything is extremely precise relative to the things close to them. It is also notable that the bottom edge of the map had been drawn, and then a decision was made to continue south, likely as a new source was found with knowledge of that southern area. The map is also written in Latin instead of German or any other commonly spoken language of the area at that time, indicating that this is more of an academic source than one designed for popular consumption. (Nicholas McGlashan 2027) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nicholas Cusanus Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, La214 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sheet map Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Kreuer, Werner. Monumenta cartographica 1490-1525 : kartographische Denkmäler, ein Triumph über die Zeit : Essener Bearbeitung von sechs Tafeln aus der Frühzeit der Kartographie mit sechs Vollfaksimilierungen. Essen: Institut für Geographie der Universität GH Essen, 1996. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1491 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Engraving Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Special Collections, Carleton College, Northfield, Mn Relation A related resource <a href="https://primo.uni-due.de/permalink/49HBZ_UDE/1uttatt/alma990007686140206446">https://primo.uni-due.de/permalink/49HBZ_UDE/1uttatt/alma990007686140206446</a> Language A language of the resource Latin Type The nature or genre of the resource Regional Map Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://bridge.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01BRC_INST/1tn7c8c/alma991015014199702971">Special Collections (Flat Files) ; </a><a href="https://bridge.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01BRC_INST/1tn7c8c/alma991015014199702971">GA873.5 .K73 1996</a> Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Central Europe References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. <div> Meurer, Peter H. “Cartography in the German Lands, 1450 –1650.” In History of Cartography, Volume 3, 1172–74, n.d. https://press.uchicago.edu/books/hoc/HOC_V3_Pt2/HOC_VOLUME3_Part2_chapter42.pdf. </div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights for maps held by individual publishers and institutions. Thumbnails displayed constitute fair use. Central Europe Germany Nicholas Cusanus sheet map