Image: Martellus world map
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Description: 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.
Title: Martellus world map
Credit: Insularium Illustratum (Account of the Islands of the Mediterranean)
Author: Heinrich Hammer the German ("Henricus Martellus Germanus")
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