Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516

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Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516
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Martin Waldseemüller's Carta marina of 1516 has always remained in the shadow of his 1507 map--less famous and less studied. In fact the Carta marina is in several ways more interesting than the 1507 map: it is the result of Waldseemüller's radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be. Waldse

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  • Source collection: Library of Congress
  • License: Public Domain
  • Category: History

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