Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 04
1525
About this artwork
This is the fourth sheet of the Carta Marina Universalis by Lorenz Fries, a woodcut map depicting parts of Asia including Mongol and Cathay. It features elaborate woodcut illustrations and German text descriptions of these regions.
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Lorenz Fries's maps were heavily influenced by the work of Martin Waldseemüller, incorporating a mix of contemporary geographic discoveries and long-standing mythical tales. This sheet, in particular, displays a fascinating blend of early Renaissance cartographic ambition and legendary accounts of far-off lands, which were common in European geographic prints of the 16th century.
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Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 04
Lorenz Fries, 1525
