[World map in two hemispheres in gores]

World map in two hemispheres in 36 gores. Polar projections. The map is copied from Mercator's 1538 double cordiform projection. Two corners contain circular portraits of Ptolemy and an unnamed person thought to be Paolo Cimerlino.

Object Details

ID: PBC3995(1)
Type: Map
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Florianus, Antonius
Places: World
Date made: [1555]
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Italian composite atlas (Atlas oversize)
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