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Uslegung der Mercarthen oder Cartha marina : darin man sehen mag, wa einer in der Welt sey, vnd wa ein ietlich Land, Wasser vnd Stat gelege[n] ist. Das als in de[m] Büchlin zefinde[n]

Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531, Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512 · 1525 · Getruckt zũ Strassburg : von Johannes Grieninger · 11 pictures

A 1525 German geography book printed in Strassburg by Johannes Grieninger, written by Lorenz Fries with Amerigo Vespucci's name attached, and aimed at general readers wanting to see the world's lands, waters and cities. Its hand-coloured woodcuts show a sailing ship beside a figure on a shore, a coiled sea serpent before a walled town, a city on a river with a boat, and a harbour full of ships and palms, so a designer can draw on their dense, lightly tinted line work for maps or period scenes.

Fries, Lorenz, approximately 1490-1531 · Geography · Imprint 1525

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