Globes - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:55:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Globes - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Interactive exploration of the Waldseemüller planisphere https://historylab.es/interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:42 +0000 https://historylab.es/interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere/ Interactive exploration of the planisphere drawn up in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller using measurements and information gleaned from navigators and cartographers then in the service of Spain and Portugal

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]]> The large planisphere designed by Martin Waldseemüller in 1507 and consisting of 12 sheets (138 cm high and 238 cm wide) represents the most up-to-date map of the time, based on the geographical knowledge gained from Spanish and Portuguese overseas navigations, starting with those collected by Amerigo Vespucci during his sailings in the New World from 1497 to 1504 (it is in honour of Vespucci that Waldseemüller christened those lands with the name America). Interactive exploration makes it possible to appreciate the density of the information contained in the map and to decipher its structures and graphic symbols.

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]]> Coronelli’s globes https://historylab.es/coronellis-globes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronellis-globes Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/coronellis-globes/ The two globes were made in 1683 by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli and were offered to Louis XIV by Cardinal d'Estré

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]]> The video illustrates the scientific and political significance of Coronelli’s two globes, which offer a concise representation of the Earth and sky, as known at the time, but detailed thanks to their exceptional size (more than 2.3 tonnes by 4 meters in diameter). They are objects of knowledge and emblems of power; originally intended for the Palace of Versailles, today they can be admired in the West Room of the National Library of France.

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