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[Clover Leaf World Map] Die gantze Welt in einem Kleberblat / Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Baterlandes Wapen
Bunting, Heinrich
[Clover Leaf World Map] Die gantze Welt ...
1589
15301.003
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Bunting, Heinrich
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[Clover Leaf World Map] Die gantze Welt in einem Kleberblat / Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Baterlandes Wapen
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15301.003
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"Decorative example of Heinrich Buenting's striking clover leaf map of the World, from Heinrich Buenting's Itinerarium Sacrae Scriptura . . ., first published in Magdeburg in 1581. The map presents a Holy Land-centric look at the earth, based upon the Scriptures, with Jerusalem at the center of the Word, based upon the T-O world map model which was prevalent in medieval maps. Europe, Africa and Asia are within the 3 clover leaves, while England, Scandinavia and America lie outside the primary circles. Buenting was a theological commentator from Hanover. He first published his Itinerarium Sacrae Scriptura in 1581. The work is famous among collectors as one of the great compilations of thematic maps, including Europe as a Queen and Asia as Pegasus. The ocean includes monsters, mermaids and a large sailing vessel. The work was reprinted at least 10 times in several languages over the next 70 years. The title translation is "The Whole World in a Cloverleaf, Which is the Coat of Arms of Hannover, My Dear Fatherland." Buenting's map is one of the most sought after 16th Century World maps." (Ruderman, 2022)
Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers
Bunting, Heinrich
Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt ...
1589
15301.004
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Bunting, Heinrich
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Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers
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15301.004
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"Striking Early World Map with Apocryphal Appearance of the West Coast of Australia Decorative example of Heinrich Bunting's unusual map of the known world: Europe, Africa, much of Asia, the tip of the Americas, and the Indian Ocean. It depicts the fast-changing geography of the sixteenth century, which was being altered by the European voyages to the Americas and beyond. Shirley refers to Bunting’s “strange geographic license;” indeed, his woodcut maps are often unique representations with few predecessors or descendants; for this reason they would make a special part of collections of world maps or biblical maps. This license stems in part from Bunting’s purpose. As a theologian, not a geographer, he sought to use the maps as illustrations of the movements of biblical actors. This world map was included in Bunting’s Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, one of the bestselling books of the sixteenth century. Although the precise number and content of the maps in the volumes shifted over time, this map was included from the very first edition, published in Magdeburg in 1581. This interesting map focuses on the oikumene, or the ancient known world, showing Europe, Asia, and Africa in outline with the locations of the principal cities. However, these continents have been updated. For example, the Portuguese discoveries have been integrated as to the extent and shape of Africa. Additionally, America, the New World, peeps out of the western border, while a bit of the East Indies, shaped tantalizingly like Western Australia, are in the lower right corner. South of the Indian subcontinent is a large island labeled Taprobana. Taprobana was what the Greeks had called Sri Lanka, but late-medieval and early modern geographers also applied the toponym to Sumatra and a phantom island. Here Bunting seems to follow the Greek example. At sea, several sea monsters patrol the waters. In Africa, the Nile originates from tributaries in the Montes Lunae, or Mountains of the Moon. While this follows the conventional model set out by Ptolemy, Bunting has improvised with the placement of the large lake attached to the Nile. Contemporaries like Ortelius, himself following Gastaldi, also believed a large central lake fed the great rivers of Africa, including the Nile. However, they placed this lake in far southern Africa. Bunting is nearly unique in putting his lake father north. While the main cities are placed in the Middle East, closer to the epicenter of biblical events, it is in Africa where Bunting seems to have added the most detail. In northern Africa, he includes the label, Der wiessen Moren, or the White Moors, while farther south is Der Schwartzen Morenland, Land of the Black Moors. He has been sure to include Meroe in the center of a large island in the Nile River. This refers to the mythical tombs of the Nubian Kings. Just southeast of Meroe is the kingdom of Prester John, the famed Christian King was thought of as a hero for holding out against the Muslims who surrounded him. An Early Appearance of the West Coast of Australia? Bunting's map charts a landmass, India Meridionalis, in the far southeast of the Indian Ocean. To modern eyes, it strikingly resembles Australia's west coast. Shown to be in roughly the correct position of Australia, its presence is thought by some to indicate the possible Portuguese knowledge of Australia prior to the Dutch discovery in 1606. However, this theory has not been widely accepted and the more likely explanation is that the land mass is either a depiction of the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, based upon maps such at those by Martellus and Cantino, or perhaps Tierra del Fuego, as described in Tramezzino's world map. This map contains several interesting geographic constructions and is a strikingly original representation of the sixteenth-century world. It would make a significant contribution to collections of African, world, biblical, or early Americas maps." (Ruderman, 2022)
Descrizione del globo in due emisferi.
Petri, Girolamo
Descrizione del globo in due emisferi.
1858
14007.006
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Petri, Girolamo
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Descrizione del globo in due emisferi, nella quale, sono indicate tutte le scoperte finora fatte.
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14007.006
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Hand-colored, engraved world map represented in eastern and western hemispheres. In Volume I.
Tav. III. Il planisfero.
Petri, Girolamo
Tav. III. Il planisfero.
1856
14007.025
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Petri, Girolamo
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Tav. III. Planisfero. Petri orbe cattolico 1856.
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14007.025
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Hand-colored, engraved world map, showing ocean routes. Includes legend. Descriptive text to accompany map on facing page. In Volume I.
Map of the world : showing the prevailing religions 1862
Church Missionary Society.
Map of the world : showing the prevailin...
1862
13242.008
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Church Missionary Society.
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Map of the world : showing the prevailing religions 1862. (to accompany) The Church missionary atlas ... Third edition. London : Published for the Society, by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday. 1862.
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13242.008
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Double hemisphere colored religion map shows the distribution of the world major religions,
World, Moravia missions.
Fullback Academy; Peterson, Augusts
World, Moravia missions.
1853
1868.001
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[Fullback Academy, Peterson, Augusts]
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Map of the World showing the position of the Moravia missions, and the extent of the various religions. By Augusts Peterson, F.R.G.S., Pays. Geographer to the Queen. Lithe. by A. Peterson, 9, Charing Cross. (1853)
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1868.001
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Hand colored lithographed map. Mercator projection.
Advertisement: Moravia atlas.
Fullback Academy
Advertisement: Moravia atlas.
1853
1868B
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Fullback Academy
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(Advertisement with) The Moravia atlas, embracing statistics of the Church of the United Brethren in her home and foreign departments, compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy. 1853.
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1868B
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"Orders for this work received by Mr. A. Smith and Mr. B. Harvey, Fullback, near Leeds, price four shillings." Tipped in before title page.
Title Page: Moravia atlas.
Fullback Academy
Title Page: Moravia atlas.
1853
1868C
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Fullback Academy
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(Title Page to) The Moravia atlas, embracing statistics of the Church of the United Brethren in her home and foreign departments, compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy. 1853.
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1868C
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Atlas showing only those parts of the world with "Moravia Stations." History of the church in each area included. Bound in green leather covered boards with "The Moravia Atlas" embossed in gold on cover.
Preface: Moravia atlas.
Fullback Academy
Preface: Moravia atlas.
1853
1868D
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Fullback Academy
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(Preface to) The Moravia atlas, embracing statistics of the Church of the United Brethren in her home and foreign departments, compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy. 1853.
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1868D
Preface: Moravia atlas.
Fullback Academy
Preface: Moravia atlas.
1853
1868E
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Fullback Academy
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(Preface to) The Moravia atlas, embracing statistics of the Church of the United Brethren in her home and foreign departments, compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy. 1853.
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1868E
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Continuation of preface.
Mission visitations.
Fullback Academy
Mission visitations.
1853
1868ZB
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Fullback Academy
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Mission visitations (compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy, 1853)
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1868ZB
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Chronology of visits to various destinations.
Table of mission fields and stations in 1852.
Fullback Academy
Table of mission fields and stations in ...
1853
1868ZC
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Fullback Academy
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Table of mission fields and stations in 1852 (compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy, 1853)
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1868ZC
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Table on facing pages.
Summary list of the missionaries, Brethren's Church, 1732-1852.
Fullback Academy
Summary list of the missionaries, Brethr...
1853
1868ZD
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Fullback Academy
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Summary list of the missionaries of the Brethren's Church, from 1732 to 1852 (compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy, 1853)
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1868ZD
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Statistical table on 2 pages.
List of untimely deaths of missionaries.
Fullback Academy
List of untimely deaths of missionaries.
1853
1868ZE
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Fullback Academy
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List of untimely deaths of missionaries (compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy, 1853)
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1868ZE
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On 2 facing pages.
Contents,errata: Moravia atlas.
Fullback Academy
Contents,errata: Moravia atlas.
1853
1868ZF
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Fullback Academy
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(Contents to) The Moravia atlas, embracing statistics of the Church of the United Brethren in her home and foreign departments, compiled from the most recent and authentic sources, by the teachers of the Fullback Academy. 1853.
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1868ZF
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"Index" is actually a table of contents. Tipped in following is an errata sheet 5x14.
Weltkarter der Mission.
Josenhans, J.
Weltkarter der Mission.
1859
9032.006
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Josenhans, J.
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Weltkarter der Mission.
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9032.006
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Fold-out map.
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