Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 01
1525
About this artwork
This is the first sheet of the Carta Marina Universalis, an early 16th-century woodcut map depicting parts of the New World. It features decorative wind heads at the borders and rhumb lines commonly found on nautical charts of the period.
Did you know?
Lorenz Fries was a physician and astronomer who collaborated with Martin Waldseemüller, the cartographer who first named 'America' on a map. This specific series of maps is significant for documenting the evolving European understanding of the Atlantic and the Caribbean following early expeditions. The dramatic wind figures at the edges were standard stylistic conventions that reflected the Renaissance preoccupation with classical mythology alongside scientific discovery.
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Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 01
Lorenz Fries, 1525
