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Niccolo Da Conti was a merchant and explorer of Venetian heritage whose travels took him to India and Southeast Asia during the early 15th century, Da Contis travels greatly influenced European understanding of the areas around the Indian Ocean. Da Conti is said to have described Southeast Asia as exceeding all other regions in wealth, culture and magnificence, and his accounts greatly influenced 15th century cartography.
Named for 15th Century Venetian Explorer Nicocolo Da Conti, this 12-inch floor globe features a stalwart Baroque-style, hardwood base, topped by a globe inspired by German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller.
Martin Waldseemuller was a German cartographer best known for his Universalis Cosmographia, a 12 sheet woodblock map dated 1507. Not only was it one of the first maps to precisely chart latitude and longitude, but it also marked the first time the name America was used, referring to South America and honoring Amergio Vespucci. The map also depicts the Americas separated from Asia by an expansive ocean, although the first historical records of Europeans viewing what was the Pacific Ocean was five to six years after Waldseemuller created his map. One of the four known globe gores fetched 1,002,267 USD at auction, a world record price for a single sheet map. |
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