WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520). Orbis Typus Universalis luxta. 1513 Bird Type_Birds of Prey Wilkes joined the United States

Wilkes joined the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1818

the latter exceeded by the fourth by half an inch

a few mild marginal stains

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WALDSEEMULLER, Martin (1470-1520). Orbis Typus Universalis luxta. 1513 Bird Type_Birds of Prey Wilkes joined the United StatesMartin WALDSEEMULLER (1470 1520) Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Strassburg, 1513 Sheet: 18 14 x 25 inches; framed: 27 12 x 33 12 inches Woodcut map from Claudii Potelemei Geographiae opus novissima The Strassburg Ptolemy of 1513 was the work of Martin Waldseemuller, the scholar and geographer whose extraordinary 1507 world map exists today in a single copy. This edition perfectly reflects the state of cartography in 1513,