Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat earth cosmography, including greece until the classical period, the bronze age and iron age civilizations of the near east until the hellenistic period, india until the gupta period,early. The map consists of 60 panels that were meant to be assembled into a. Urbano monti 16 august 1544 15 may 16 alternate spelling. Urbano monte s map is one of the earliest, and certainly one of the most extraordinary, planispheres in history.
Detail of tavola xxxxii antarctica, urbano monte portraits of 1587 and. Urbano monte, born in 1544, was a wealthy scholar from milan who dedicated much of. Handdrawn in 1587, it forms an atlas of 60 sheets, of which only two manuscript copies exist in the world. Read pdf a mind at work, urbano montes 60sheet manuscript. In the real world, urbano monte s 1587 map of the world exists as a series of 60 manuscript sheets designed to be assembled into a large world mapone that would be, at 10 feet square, the largest early world map known to exist. Jan 02, 2018 urbano monte s early world map has been digitally stitched together. Some of his best known works are a part of the david rumsey map collection of stanford university and have been recently. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat earth cosmography, including greece until the classical period, the bronze age and iron age civilizations of the near east until the hellenistic period, india until the gupta period,early centuries ad, and china.
Urbano montes early world map 1587 philippe riviere. The david rumsey map collection at stanford university has recently digitized this atlas, handdrawn in 1587 by urbano. At 10 foot square, this map or planisphere is the largest known early map of the world. He came from a wealthy and wellconnected family in milan, and like many gentleman scholars of his day, he had a keen. Search images maps play youtube news gmail drive more. Comente, refute, compartilhe e curta muito nosso mapa plano cientificamente aprovado desde a antiguidade e apreciado pelos globalistas. When you have eliminated the javascript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Annalisa dascenzo, urbano monti, in dizionario biografico degli italiani, istituto dellenciclopedia italiana. Bizarre, enormous 16thcentury map assembled for first time.
Explore the largest known early map of the world, assembled. Philippe riviere urbano montes early world map 1587 visionscarto. Nov 26, 2017 largest early world map monte s 10 ft. Explore the largest known early map of the world, assembled for the first time.
Urbano montes massive map of the earth 1587 kottke. Created in 1587, the historical map is one of the largest early world maps ever created, depicting the entire globe over 60 individual sheets. In 1587, urbano monte made the largest known early map of earth. Urbano montes 1587 world map, digitally assembled the.
Ahora, ese mapa, unido y digitalizado, puede consultarse en internet. Worlds largest early world map stitched together for the. Opere di urbano monti, su openmlol, horizons unlimited srl. Era gigantesco, compuesto por sesenta hojas, y muy detallado. Urbano montes map is one of the earliest, and certainly one of the most extraordinary, planispheres in history. Dec 07, 2017 bizarre, enormous 16thcentury map assembled for first time. Urbano monte s massive map of the earth 1587 posted by jason kottke jul 01, 2019. Apr 15, 2018 urbano montes map is one of the earliest, and certainly one of the most extraordinary, planispheres in history.
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