[Ritter's sundial map].

Author
Ritter, Franz, -1641 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Nuremberg] : Franz Ritter, 1640.
Description
  • Scale not given. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map ; 25 x 32 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Map is projected from the North Pole as if it were a sundial. Includes vignettes of native peoples, animals, ships and a mermaid.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Pictorial relief.
  • Probably issued in: Speculum solis, oder, Sonnenspiegels erst vnd anderer Theil ... Zu finden in Nürnberg : bey Paulus Fürsten, Burgern vnd Kunsthändlern allda, [1645?]
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.
References
  • Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 270 (State 2)
  • Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 23
OCLC
76951283
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