Laurent Fries, Martin Waldseemüller

LO 2288

Iberian Peninsula
Spain, Portugal

"Tabula nova Hispaniae"

Map of the Iberian Peninsula.

Coloured woodcut by Laurent Fries, after Martin Waldseemüller, Vienne 1541, 31 x 42 cm.

Perfect impression, coloures and condition, wide margins, strong paper.

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Some details of the map:

Laurent Fries (c1490 – 1532): Physicist, astrologer and geographer in Metz and Strasbourg. Editor of Ptolemaic and revised Waldseemüller maps, published in Lyon, Vienne, and Strasbourg.

Martin Waldseemüller (1470 – c1518): Cartographer from Lorraine. Made two maps of the world, one of Europe and maps for a Ptolemaic Geography, published by Schott in Strasbourg 1513.

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