This is the cloverleaf map. A woodcut made by Bünting in 1581 in Magdeburg. Jerusalem is in the center, surrounded by Europe, Asia and Africa. This map illustrates a medieval style of mapmaking, in which the world is represented symbolically rather than by mathematical projection.
The title reads “Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers.” (http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/6982)
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Who made the map in the first place and when?
Rainer
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Rainer
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This is the cloverleaf map.
A woodcut made by Bünting in 1581 in Magdeburg. Jerusalem is in the center, surrounded by Europe, Asia and Africa. This map illustrates a medieval style of mapmaking, in which the world is represented symbolically rather than by mathematical projection.
The title reads “Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers.”
(http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/6982)
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