Secunda etas mundi.

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Map shows the pre-Columbus world, based on Ptolemy's Geographia. Jerusalem is at the center of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown. Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

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1 map : 31 x 44 cm., on sheet 41 x 58 cm.

Creation Information

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514 1493.

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This map is part of the collection entitled: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington and was provided by the University of Texas at Arlington Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 2377 times, with 90 in the last month. More information about this map can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: Secunda etas mundi.
  • Parallel Title: The second age of the world.

Description

Map shows the pre-Columbus world, based on Ptolemy's Geographia. Jerusalem is at the center of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown. Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Physical Description

1 map : 31 x 44 cm., on sheet 41 x 58 cm.

Notes

Map is from: Liber chronicarum, 12 July 1493.

Upper right: "foliũ XIII." On verso: three columns of Latin text with the third column bordered by a panel of seven creatures on either side; upper right: "folium XII."

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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington

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  • 1493

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  • March 8, 2013, 9:50 p.m.

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  • June 9, 2015, 5:34 p.m.

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Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514. Secunda etas mundi., map, 1493; [Nuremberg, Germany]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298825/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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