Waldseemüller's wall map is the largest and most detailed world
map to its time (Whitfield 1994, 48). The map incorporates classical
and modern sources, presenting a scholarly world view based on
comparisons of Ptolemaic maps with new maps and accounts.
Under the Magnifying Glass
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