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    Default Monte (Monti) Urbano's Map of the World from 1587

    That´s on wild Map with a lot of crazy stuff on it. If you havn´t seen it it´s worth a look.

    Published in Milan Italy in 1586 by Monte (Monti), Urbano.

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    Composite: Tavola 1-60. (Map of the World) (with additional spheres and labels in the four corners).

    https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/ser...No&mi=0&trs=94

    PS.: Take a while to load because it´s really big. One can download a copy via the EXPORT Button.

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    Composite map of the first ring of four sheets around the north pole, the second ring of 8 sheets, the third ring of 12 sheets, the fourth ring of 18 sheets, the fifth ring of 18 sheets, and the legends and diagrams in the four corners.

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    Provenance of this copy: Sotheby's, May 12th, 1981, lot 53, sold to N. Israel; H.P. Kraus catalog 165 Cimelia: A Catalogue of Important Illuminated and Textual Manuscripts Published in Commemoration of the Sale of the Ludwig Collection, January, 1983; sold to private party; 2017 sold to David Rumsey Map Collection by Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps.
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    Default Re: Monte (Monti) Urbano's Map of the World from 1587

    Very cool. It's amazing that they had so much down back then. Not perfect though, clearly there is no huge landmass like that in the Arctic, all the commercial plains that fly over it would have seen something by now. Oh wait, no commercial plains are allowed to fly over the north pole.

    Great find..........x........ N

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    Default Re: Monte (Monti) Urbano's Map of the World from 1587


    • extensive details & comparisons here


    Map made in 1511 (France):


    • Oronce Finé Map (or Fine;Latin: Orontius Finnaeus or Finaeus; Italian: Oronzio Fineo; 20 December 1494 – 8 August 1555) was a French Mathematician and Cartographer.
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    Default Re: Monte (Monti) Urbano's Map of the World from 1587

    See also the piri reis map: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/e...s_pirireis.htm

    Hapgood on several maps:

    https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/m...pirireis11.htm

    And to put the other side, here's sceptical commentary on the Orontius Finaeus map:

    Oh and this http://www.badarchaeology.com/old-ma...s-finaeus-map/


    Good discussion in the comments below that one too.

    Edit: I saw this and thought of this thread. Links Buzz Aldrin, the so called Temple of the One, Islamic depictions of Armageddon and the various ancient maps of Antarctica.
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