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Waldeseemuller’s map of Scandinavia
Tabula Moderna Norbegie et Gottie.
[Strassburg,
Johann Schott,
1513].
Double-page woodcut map.
425 by 600mm. (16.75 by 23.5 inches).
14504
notes:
Waldeseemuller's strking map of Scandinavia.
This work was based on the manuscript maps of Sanuto and Vesconte of c.1320, which were updated by Nicholaus Germanus in 1482 to include more cities and textual information. As noted by Ginsberg:
"Waldseemuller's map...appeared in the supplmental section of modern maps. A faithful coy of the Ulm map published thirty-one years earlier, it too, is a woodcut. The title, however, differs from the Ulm 1486 editio...
This work was based on the manuscript maps of Sanuto and Vesconte of c.1320, which were updated by Nicholaus Germanus in 1482 to include more cities and textual information. As noted by Ginsberg:
"Waldseemuller's map...appeared in the supplmental section of modern maps. A faithful coy of the Ulm map published thirty-one years earlier, it too, is a woodcut. The title, however, differs from the Ulm 1486 editio...
bibliography:
Ginsberg, Scandinavia 5.
provenance:
