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The world map of Henricus Martellus Germanus
Henricus Martellus Germanus1489
The Portuguese Task Force for the Commemorations of the V Centenary of Circumnavigation
Algés, Portugal
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.
Deutsch: Weltkarte des de:Henricus Martellus Germanus
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- Title: The world map of Henricus Martellus Germanus
- Creator: Henricus Martellus Germanus
- Date Created: 1489
- Rights: In O Tempo de Vasco da Gama (dir. Diogo Ramada Curto), Lisboa, Difel, 1998, p. 79.
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