WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520). Orbis Typus Universalis luxta. 1513 Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix although continuous with Asia

although continuous with Asia

From the first modern atlas: "Geographie opus nouissima traductione e Grecorum archetypis castigatissime pressum"

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and Central Park

finally putting to rest the myth of these land bridge islands

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520). Orbis Typus Universalis luxta. 1513 Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix although continuous with AsiaMartin WALDSEEMULLER (1470 1520) Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Strassburg, 1513 Sheet: 18 14 x 25 inches; framed: 27 12 x 33 12 inches Woodcut map from Claudii Potelemei Geographiae opus novissima The Strassburg Ptolemy of 1513 was the work of Martin Waldseemuller, the scholar and geographer whose extraordinary 1507 world map exists today in a single copy. This edition perfectly reflects the state of cartography in 1513,