Laurent FRIES (ca. 1485-1532) and Martin WALDSEEMULLER (1470-1520). Tabula Nova Totius Orbis.1541

Laurent FRIES (ca. 1485-1532) and Martin WALDSEEMULLER (1470-1520)Tabula Nova Totius OrbisStrassburg 1522, but third state: Vienna, 1541Sheet:16 1/4” x 21 1/4”Double-page woodcut map of the world with a printing flaw in the top right quadrant (present in all issues) showing Europe, Africa, Asia, and parts of the Americas in the Ptolemaic tradition with parallelzones and different illustrations including an elephant and five throned kings representing the sovereigns of Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Taprobana, and Mursuli.The application of new discoveries to maps was not a linear process. Fries and Waldseemuller’s 1522 New Map of the Entire World is a good example. Martin Waldseemuller’s 1507 world map was groundbreaking, but collectors are more familiar with his 1513 map of the world, commonly called the “Admiral’s Map” because of its reference to Christopher Columbus (see Shirley 35). The Admiral’s Map was quickly rendered archaic by new discoveries, but its elegant form (and likely itsfam