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Description: | Octagonal world map, engraved on copper and mounted in a wooden support. The cartographic details and engraving technique resemble those on 16th century German copper globes. Similar maps, engraved on ivory, were inlaid on pull-out writing tables made in Naples in the 1590s.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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