An index to the Waldseemüller Unit of the Maps and Mapmakers Course from the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota. Please click on this page - WALDSEEMÜLLER UNIT Home Page - to begin. Click on the "Index" button on the menu to return to this index.
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The Mapmaker’s Life [Click here to enter the Mapmaker section.]
Changing World Views [Click here to enter the World View section.]
In Search of "America" [Click here to enter the America section.]
The 1507 Globe [Click here to enter the Globe section.]
The 1507 Wall Map [Click here to enter the Wall Map section.]
A history
More on the 1507 world view
Decoration
Map's sources
The earth's shape

 
Cosmographiae introductio [Click here to enter Cosmographiae section.]
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VISUAL SUPPORT FOR THE UNIT
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1507 Globe detail in 4 sections, using conventional directions.

Asia East 3 gores
Asia West 3 gores
East 3 gores
West 3 gores

 
1507 Wall Map detail in 5 sections, using conventional directions.

North
South
East
West
Center

 
Cosmographiae introductio
Detail Images

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