File:Henricus Martellus Germanus (Wirkungsjahre 1480-1496).jpg

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Artist
Heinrich Hammer the German ("Henricus Martellus Germanus")
Author
Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Claudius Ptolemaeus)
Description
English: The world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence 1490-92. The first map with the Dragon Tail. It is a mixture of Ptolemy, recent Portuguese discoveries and unknown sources. Displays the Cape of Good Hope, rounded by Bartolomeo Dias in 1488.
Deutsch: Weltkarte des de:Henricus Martellus Germanus
Date 1489
date QS:P571,+1489-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Insularium Illustratum (Account of the Islands of the Mediterranean), [1]
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