Leardo Map (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Leardo Map

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The Mappamundi, the oldest original map in the AGSL holdings, was produced in 1452 by the Venetian cartographer Giovanni Leardo. The circular map, considered the finest example of a medieval wall map in the Western Hemisphere, shows the known world consisting of only Europe, Asia and Africa.

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AGS Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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