- 109
World--[Reisch, G.
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Description
- Untitled world map. Basle, 1508], 305 x 430mm., folding woodcut map of the world, strengthening at edges
Literature
Shirley 22 (Reisch 1): cf. Nordenskiƶld Facsimile Atlas, p. 40
Catalogue Note
This Ptolemaic world map was just one of a variety of maps published in Margarita philosophica, the first ''modern'' encyclopaedia published in various editions from 1503. A simple woodcut, this map shows no hint of the discovery of America displayed in the contemporary maps by Francesco Rosselli and Joannes Ruysch (1506 and 1508). There is a note on the map indicating the southern extension of Africa, recording the Portuguese discoveries.