Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 11
1525
About this artwork
This is a section from Lorenz Fries's 1525 edition of the 'Carta Marina', a famous world map based on Martin Waldseemüller's earlier work. It features decorative elements including a figure of King Manuel I of Portugal riding a sea monster.
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This sheet from Fries's map highlights the growing European knowledge of the African coast and Indian Ocean trade routes during the Age of Discovery. The depiction of King Manuel I of Portugal riding a sea monster was a popular symbolic way for cartographers to acknowledge Portugal's maritime dominance and expanding naval power in the early 16th century.
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Carta Marina Universalis Fries 1525 1530 Sheet 11
Lorenz Fries, 1525
