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Apian, a noted German mathematician, astronomer and geographer, compiled several geographical publications during the first half of the 16th century. His work displayed various iterations of the American continent as originally depicted in Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map. A small and generalized version was the circular world map which was included in his astronomical and geographical text book, ''Cosmographicus Liber'', first published in 1524. Using a stereographic projection centered on the North Pole, this circular map shows only the outlines of the known continents -- Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The shape of the latter appears to be patterned after Waldseemüller's America. Since Apian's popular text book was reissued in numerous editions over the next eighty years, this generalized diagram of the continents certainly had a wide influence in spreading a new world view that encompassed four continents
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Document identity
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q524n599s
label
Small circular world map
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
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q524n599s
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Small circular world map
description
Apian, a noted German mathematician, astronomer and geographer, compiled several geographical publications during the first half of the 16th century. His work displayed various iterations of the American continent as originally depicted in Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map. A small and generalized version was the circular world map which was included in his astronomical and geographical text book, ''Cosmographicus Liber'', first published in 1524. Using a stereographic projection centered on the North Pole, this circular map shows only the outlines of the known continents -- Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The shape of the latter appears to be patterned after Waldseemüller's America. Since Apian's popular text book was reissued in numerous editions over the next eighty years, this generalized diagram of the continents certainly had a wide influence in spreading a new world view that encompassed four continents
date
["[1524]"]
year
1524
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
05_01_000245
creators
Apian, Peter, 1495-1552
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Excusum Landshutae
publisher
Typis ac formulis d. Ioannis Weyssenburgers, impensis Petri Apiani
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
extent
1 map : color ; 36 x 22 cm
notes
In Cosmographicus liber a Petro Apiano mathematico studiose collectus.
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no
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q524n599s
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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71ae4762efbdae6e