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On the Nature of ThingsDe Natura Rerum, which translates to “On the Nature of Things,” was created between 612 and 615 CE. The manuscript discusses a range of topics…
Map of Central EuropeThe original version of this map, published ca. 1490 in Florence, was created by Henricus Martellus from the previous work of Nicolaus Cusanus.…
The Margrave and Elector of BrandenburgThis map is titled in English: The Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg: which makes up part of the region of Upper Saxony, divided into its main…
World Map of Giovanni LeardoThis is a zone map drawn in color, with the Red Sea brightly visible in red. Like many other medieval maps, it is drawn as a circle surrounded by…
Topography of the City of RomeThe 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…
PrussiaThis 17th century map from Gerard Mercator’s Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes depicts the region of Prussia along the Baltic Sea (modern day…
Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the fabric of the worldPublished posthumously, this atlas is the culmination of Gerald Mercator’s cosmographic work. Mercator planned for the atlas to have five parts: a…
MagdeburgThis 1577 printed map provides a bird’s eye view of Magdeburg, a central city in Germany situated along the Elbe. When Braun and Hogenberg decided to…
Halle and Hildesheim from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum [Cities of the World]This page depicts views of the German cities of Halle and Hidelsheim. It comes from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, a multi-volume 16th-century atlas of…
Cities of the WorldGeorg Braun and Frans Hogenberg’s 16th-century Cities of the World is a six-volume city atlas. Each volume features detailed engravings of cities from…