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[World map]
Octagonal world map, engraved on copper and mounted in a wooden support. The cartographic details and engraving technique resemble those on 16th century German copper globes. Similar maps, engraved on ivory, were inlaid on pull-out writing tables made in Naples in the 1590s.
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Object Details
| ID: | G201:1/77 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Map |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Places: | World |
| Date made: | 16th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 21.7 cm x 21.7 cm |
| Parts: | [World map] |