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Interactive Exhibit: Documenting New Knowledge Heavens and Earth

Interactive Exhibit: Waldseemüller Maps

Kislak collections feature a wide array of historic maps dating from the 16th to the 19th century. These maps reveal the progress of cartographic knowledge and document the new geographic discoveries of explorers and their royal patrons. Despite early misconceptions of geography, historic maps are fascinating and often handsome works of art.
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Martin Waldseemüller
(b. 147-?-1518)
Carta Marina Navigatoria Portugallen Navigationes Atque Tocius Cogniti Orbis Terre Maris…
(Carta Marina: a Portuguese Navigational Sea-chart of the known Earth and Oceans …)
133.5 x 248 cm
Martin Waldseemüller
(b. 147-?-1518)
Carta Marina Navigatoria Portugallen Navigationes Atque Tocius Cogniti Orbis Terre Maris…
(Carta Marina: a Portuguese Navigational Sea-chart of the known Earth and Oceans …)
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