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Globus mundi : declaratio siue descriptio mundi et totius orbis terrarum. globulo rotundo comparati vt spera solida. Qua cuiuis etia[m] mediocriter docto ad oculu[m] videre licet antipodes esse. quo[rum] pedes nostris oppositi sunt. Et qualiter in vnaqua[que] orbis parte homines vitam agere queunt salutare[m]. sole singula terr[a]e loca illustrante: qu[a]e tamen terra in vacuo aere pendere videtur: solo dei nutu suste[n]tata. alijs[que] permultis de quarta orbis terraru[m] parte nuper ab Americo reperta

Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519, Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563 · 1509 · [Strasbourg]: Joannes Grüniger imprimebat. · 4 pictures

Globus mundi is a 1509 Latin cosmography printed in Strasbourg by Joannes Grüniger, by Martin Waldseemüller with commentary attributed to Henricus Glareanus, written for scholars and readers learning how the spherical earth and its antipodes were understood. The pictures are woodcut globes and a celestial sphere with armillary-style rings, labelled in Latin with continents, latitude circles and poles, showing a pared-down graphic system a designer could borrow for diagrammatic maps and orb motifs.

Cosmography · Globes

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