Fifty World Maps


            

 


Pre-Columbus World

Schedel (Hartman): [Untitled World Map]
Woodcut map [Shirley: 19]
20 x 15in. (510 x 380mm)
[Nuremberg, 1493]

Ref: WLD 2989


 


Ptolemy's Projection

Sylvanus (Bernard): [Untitled World Map]
Woodcut map [Shirley: 31]
22 x 11in. (565 x 270mm.)
[Venice, 1511]

Ref: WLD 2191


 


Cordiform World Map

Sylvanus (Bernard): [Untitled World Map]
Woodcut map [Shirley: 32]
22 x 16 in. (560 x 410 mm.)
[Venice, 1511]

Ref: WLD 2991



 


Admiral's Map

Waldseemuller (Martin): Orbis Typus Universalis
Woodcut map [Shirley: 35]
22 x 17in. (560 x 430mm.)
[Strassburg, 1513]

Ref: WLD 2992


 


America Named

Fries (Laurent) : Orbis Typus Universalis
Woodcut map [Shirley: 48]
20 x 14in (510 x 360 mm.)
[Lyons, 1525]

Ref: WLD 1525


 


Magellan's New Hemisphere

Fine (Oronce): Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio
Woodcut map [Shirley: 66]
16 x 11in. (420 x 290mm.)
[Paris, 1531]

Ref: WLD 2657


 


Holbein's Engraving

Grynaeus (Simon) : Typus Cosmographicus Universalis
Woodcut map [Shirley: 67]
21 x 14in. (545 x 355mm.)
[Basle, 1532]

Ref: WLD 2309


 


Daniel's Dream Map

Lufft (Hans): [Untitled World Map]
Woodcut map [Shirley: 65{a}]
6 x 5in. (150 x 130 mm.)
[Wittenberg, 1535]

Ref: WLD 2936


 


Verrazzano's Sea

Munster (Sebastian): [Untitled World Map]
Woodcut map [Shirley: 92]
15 x 11 in (380 x 280 mm.)
[Basle, 1550]

Ref: WLD 2522