Description: The Fool's Cap Map of the World dates from ca. 1580-1590 and is one of the big mysteries in the history of cartography. It is unknown why, when and by whom the map was made, but could be a kind of social criticism of its time.


















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Description: Map of the world made in 1490 by Henricus Martellus Germanus, latinized name of Heinrich Hammer, a German cartographer who worked in Florence/Italy.
















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Description: Heart-shaped world map projection from the French scientist Oronce Finé first published in 1536.




















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Description: Set of hemisphere issued by the American publisher of educational materials C. Pelton in 1858.












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Description: Another world map by the French physician and mathematician Laurent Fries published in his Ptolemy Atlas in 1541. 


















(Highest res.: jpg, 4600 x 3535 pixel, 300 dpi, file size: 20,9 MB) 
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Description: World map published in 1544 by the German scientist and cartographer Sebastian Münster. His work "Cosmographia" of 1544 was one of the most successful books of the 16th century with numerous editions in different languages.



















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Description: "Cosmographical map or universal description of the world with the actual path of the winds" made by the French hydrographer and carthographer Jean Cossin in 1570.


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Description: High resolution world map made by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu in 1662.

















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Description: Hand coloured world map with two hemispheres published by the British author George Augustus Baldwyn in 1782. "A New and Accurate Map of the World, Comprehending all the New Discoveries, in Both Hemispheres, carefully brought down to the Present Time."















(Highest res.: jpg, 9216 x 6400 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 10 MB) 
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