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Martellus World-Map - Public domain vintage map
Summary
The world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence, c. 1489. The first map with the Dragon Tail. It is a mixture of Ptolemy, recent Portuguese discoveries and unknown sources. Displays the Cape of Good Hope, rounded by Bartolomeo Dias in 1488.Deutsch: Weltkarte des de:Henricus Martellus Germanus
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Date
1480
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Wikimedia Commons
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public domain
