Print, book-illustration, map (BM 1895,0122.1113)

Map of the world; the globe is depicted in oval shape, containing the titled continents Europe, Africa, Asia and America; two plates with text are located above the Indian Ocean; two angels turn the wold with cranks attached to the poles; the space around the world is filled with scenes from Africa (upper left), Asia (upper right), America (lower left) and Arabia (lower right); first published in Simon Grynaeus, Novus Orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum, J. Herwagen, Basel, 1532; worn and fractured in various places, sheet made up on the left edge. 1532
Woodcut and letterpress, printed from two blocks