Hartmann Schedel Secunda etas mundi (Second World Map) 1493

Author: Hartmann Schedel Date: 1493 Medium: Hand-colored woodblock Condition: Very good Inches: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4 Centimeters: 58.33 x 42.31 Product ID: 004106 Hartmann Schedel's world map was based on the cartographic system of Claudius Ptolemy, whose geographic scholarship formed the foundation for map production in the fifteenth century. This map is ostensibly based on Ptolemy's second projection, yet it was simplified for a popular audience and therefore drawn without latitudes, longitudes, scales, and extensive nomenclature.The map reveals the medieval imagination with a border containing twelve dour wind-heads, and three of its corners featuring solemn figures of Ham, Shem, and Japhet taken from the Old Testament.It also features panels representing fantastic creatures that were thought to inhabit the furthermost parts of the earth, including seven images to the left of the map and a further fourteen on the verso. Among the scenes are a six-armed man, a centaur, a four-eyed