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Historical Context
2
Interactive Exploration
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"Cosmographiae introductio"
4
Imago Mundi
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The Ancient World
6
Cathay and Cipangu
7
The Route to the Indies
8
The New World
9
The Earth
10
The Ocean
11
The Sky
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Digital Library
Before Waldseemüller
1455-1462 - P. del Massaio (attr.)
1475 ca. - N. Germano
1482 - N. Germanus
1490 ca. - H. Martellus
1490 ca. - H. Martellus
1490 ca. - H. Martellus
1500 - J. De la Cosa
1502 - “King-Hamy” nautical world map
1502 - “Cantino” nautical world map
1504 - 1505 - N. Caverio
1506 - G. M. Contarini and F. Rosselli
Waldseemüller’s legacy
Other contemporary world maps
Globes
1506 - Giovanni Matteo Contarini and Francesco Rosselli, Modern world map (polar projection), Florence (London, British Library, Maps C.2.f. 4)
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