Johann Schöner, professor of mathematics at Nuremberg, a reproduction of his globe of 1523, long lost, his dedicatory letter to Reymer von Streytperck, and the "De Molvccis" of Maximilianus Transylvanus. With new translations and notes on the globe by Henry Stevens. Edited with an introd. and bibliography by C.H. Coote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547.

Contributor:

Stevens, Henry Newton, 1855-1930, translator.

Coote, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1839-1899, editor.

Roger Baskes Collection (University of Chicago. Library)

Standardized Title:

Globuskarte mit dem Schiffkurs der Magelhaes'schen Weltumseglung in den Jahren 1519-1522. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cartography--History.

Cartography.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Roger S. Baskes.

Physical Description:

xlv, 206 pages illustrations, facsimiles, 3 folded maps (in pocket) portrait 20 cm

Other Title:

Globe of 1523

Place of Publication:

London, H. Stevens, 1888.

Notes:

"Bibliography of Schöner's works": pages 149-170.

Contains:

Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522. De Moluccis.

Other Format:

Online version: Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547. Globuskarte mit dem Schiffkurs der Magelhaes'schen Weltumseglung in den Jahren 1519-1522. English. Johann Schöner, professor of mathematics at Nuremberg, a reproduction of his globe of 1523, long lost.

OCLC:

6342537