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Antique map of the Pacific by Behaim
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Stock number: 18708
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Behaim
Title
Pars Globi terrestris Ao. 1492 a Martino Behaim Equite Lusitano Norimbergae confecti Delineavit Christoph.
First Published
Gotha, 1778
This Edition
1778
Size
57 x 37 cms
Technique
Condition
excellent
Price
This Item is Sold
Description
Rare and fascinating map of the Indian Ocean and Pacific taken from Martin Behaim's 1492 Erdapfel, the earliest surviving terrestial globe.
Pre-Columbus view of China, South East Asia and Australia. Europe is on the right. America has not been discovered, as a result the Atlantic and Pacific are one ocean. Based on the 1492 Erdapfel by Martin Behaim, cosmographer for the Portuguese King John II.
Issued in 1778 by Christopher de Murr.
