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Cosmographiae introductio, : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis. Insuper Quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes. : Vniuersalis cosmographiæ descriptio tam in solido [quam] plano, eis etiam insertis quæ Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt

Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519, Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512. Lettera · 1507 · Vrbs Deodate [St. Dié ]: [Walter et Nikolaus Lud] · 4 pictures

A 1507 cosmography printed at Saint-Dié in Lorraine by Martin Waldseemüller, with Amerigo Vespucci's voyage letters, written for students of geography and astronomy. Its pictures are woodcut diagrams of armillary spheres, celestial meridians and sky charts with dense Latin labels, offering a designer clean radiating circles, zodiac rings and hand-set ornamental initials.

Cosmography · Imprint 1507

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