1
Historical Context
2
Interactive Exploration
3
"Cosmographiae introductio"
4
Imago Mundi
5
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
12
Digital Library
Rudiments of geometry
Sphere, axes, and Poles
Celestial circles
Theory of the sphere
Degrees
Polar circles
Tropics
Equator
Zodiac
Colures
Meridian circle
Horizon
Celestial zones and regions of the Earth
Parallels
Climates
Winds
Elements of cosmography
Appendix
The four ocean voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
"In the middle of the heavens lies the equator equally distant from the poles of the world." (
Cosmographiae introductio
, chap. IV
- Hessler 2008)
