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Heinrich Hammer the German ("Henricus Martellus Germanus")
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Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Claudius Ptolemaeus)
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English: The world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence, c. 1489. 300 x 470 mm. 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 between 1490 and 1492
date QS:P571,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1492-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Insularium Illustratum (Account of the Islands of the Mediterranean), [1] [2], Add. MS. 15760, ff. 68v & 69r, British Library.
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