1520 Apian

Figure 1 has the title page of a work associated with Peter Apian.

Figure 2 contains a world map. Note its similarity to the cordiform map that appears in the 1511 entry of this exhibit, which in turn reflects the influence of Ptolemy.  Notable on this map is the word "America", which Goff mentions as being inspired by the Waldseemuller map, presumably the same one that the Library of Congress acquired.

 

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Figure 1

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Figure 2.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Goff, Frederick. Peter Apian's World Map of 1530.  See reference at bottom of. p. 165 to a 1520 edition of Solinus' Polyhistor, which is the same as the item whose images are displayed here.

Leousis, Kasia Sofia. The European Discovery and Exploration of America from
Columbus’s First Voyage to the Visual Exploration of the American West by Edward S.
Curtis: An Annotated Bibliography of Travel Accounts held in the Rare Book Collection.  See page 11.