New weldt oder Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen
Munster's Map of the New World (1550) |
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| Date: | 1550 |
| Author: | Sebastian Munster |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (2.96mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Holy Land that you might want to check out.
Great 16th-Century map of the New World by Sebastian Munster.
We're up to some real "Here be dragons..." shit, here... Munster envisions cannibals hanging body parts from bushes in Brazil and has the Vikings on some "Fuck it... on to Polynesia!" trip.
Actually, that’s just your standard sixteenth-century Iberian ship—it’s just pictured from an odd angle and missing a mast and a couple of sails. Here’s a picture of one of Magellan’s ships, taken from a map by Ortelius:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_from_a_map_of_Ortelius_-_Magellan's_ship_Victoria.png
Thanks, Beta Magellan, for the info and the link. I appreciate it.
Kind regards,
-t59K