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A Vast, 430-Year-Old World Map, Full of Places and Creatures, Real and Imagined
atlasobscura ^ | January 08, 2018 | Natasha Frost

Posted on 01/09/2018 7:38:36 PM PST by BenLurkin

Monte envisaged the component maps—60 in all—being stitched together, and so left detailed instructions for how to turn them into one giant representation of the world, over nine feet in diameter. Included in the four volumes are also charts showing the lengths of days at different times of year and an extended geographical treatise on the world and cosmology. Unlike many modern maps, which use the Mercator projection from around the same time, his map shows the world from directly above the North Pole. Today, this perspective is known as the north polar azimuthal projection...

Once assembled, the map shows a lush, highly personalized take on the world, with a surprisingly large collection of real and fantasy beasts carousing and cavorting on land and sea. Rumsey’s scan and digital assembly of the cartographic puzzle represents the first time that Monte’s work has been seen in its full glory: It is the single largest world map of the 16th century, and one largely forgotten or overlooked by cartographers and scholars.

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Throughout the world, Monte took time to sketch exotic fauna—crocodiles, camels, lions, and more. Near a coast labeled “Terra Incognita” (somewhere around Alaska), a wolf with a cub looks watchfully over its shoulder. Elsewhere there are more fantastic beasts, including griffins and what looks like a huge bird clutching an elephant. The seas feature many-tailed mermen and fleets of well-armed ships. Political leaders, including Philip II of Spain, also make an appearance, as do several portraits of Monte himself. Mapmakers of the time didn’t like empty spaces, Rumsey told CBC Radio. “There were many places that they did not know the names of towns and locations, so they filled them up with trees, monsters,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at atlasobscura.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; map
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To: Kartographer

I was just getting ready to Ping you, but you are already here!


21 posted on 01/09/2018 9:23:56 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: doorgunner69

Amateur spook ;)


22 posted on 01/09/2018 9:27:13 PM PST by mylife ( The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Cold Heart
"Also the “could this be”’s they come up with are stupid."

Yup. Insulting, even.

23 posted on 01/09/2018 9:30:17 PM PST by blam
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To: Cold Heart
"Also the “could this be”’s they come up with are stupid."

Yup. Insulting, even.
(albeit, I like seeing the pictures)

24 posted on 01/09/2018 9:31:02 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

I like it anyway.

That and Strange Evidence, Mysteries Of The Abandoned, Secrets Of The Underground, and Forbidden History.

Love that brain candy.

:)


25 posted on 01/09/2018 9:35:41 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Cold Heart

If they just up and said “Well, it’s algae” right off the bat, where’s the fun?


26 posted on 01/09/2018 9:37:15 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: BenLurkin
"The High Sign," starring Buster Keaton, 1921. Filming Locations: Venice Pier, Ocean Walk Front at Washington Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 posted on 01/09/2018 9:41:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

It’s cool seeing the Texas coast on a map from back then.


28 posted on 01/09/2018 9:43:49 PM PST by Rastus
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a map of the world the way democrats see it. No ice cap, no glaciers. Europe is gone, Russia is miniscule, and Africa looms large. There are lots of islands - maybe that’s where all the movie stars went after the climate apocalypse.


29 posted on 01/09/2018 9:57:43 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: BenLurkin
Venice, CA was an amazing place from 1890 to 1930. Here's a pic of the amusement park where the movie was filmed, taken in 1922, the year after it was filmed:

Scroll through that "Water and Power Association" site for lots more historical photos of Venice.

30 posted on 01/09/2018 9:58:27 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Very cool. Thank you!


31 posted on 01/09/2018 10:02:16 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Bkmk.
Map


32 posted on 01/09/2018 11:31:08 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Scroll through that “Water and Power Association” site for lots more historical photos of Venice.”

Wow! I just spent over an hour on that site.
Thank you. Great pics and info on the San Fernando Valley too.


33 posted on 01/10/2018 12:22:47 AM PST by missthethunder
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To: LegendHasIt
"I was just getting ready to Ping you, but you are already here!

Of course I'm here! I had a map!
34 posted on 01/10/2018 2:50:02 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: shibumi


35 posted on 01/10/2018 3:00:35 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Rastus

The headline says the map is from 1588. It looks like they have some of the Great Lakes, or perhaps Hudson Bay on it. Although Hudson Bay wasn’t “discovered” (by Europeans anyway) until 1610 according to google.


36 posted on 01/10/2018 3:07:05 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: Kartographer

Heh. :-)


37 posted on 01/10/2018 4:20:23 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks!


38 posted on 01/11/2018 2:53:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BenLurkin; Daffynition; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; pax_et_bonum; decimon; 1010RD; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.

39 posted on 01/12/2018 8:46:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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40 posted on 01/12/2018 10:04:52 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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