THE COSMOGRA-

phical Book of Peter Apian, Ma-

thematician, carefully compiled.

original: "Cosmographicus Liber Petri Apiani Mathematici studiose collectus." Cosmography was a Renaissance science that aimed to map the entire universe, including both the heavens (astronomy) and the Earth (geography).

A large, detailed woodcut illustration printed in black and red ink. It depicts a terrestrial globe mounted on an ornate, three-legged stand. The globe shows the continents of "AFRICA" and "ASIA", with "Taprobana" An ancient name for Sri Lanka also labeled. A vertical band labeled "Mobile Meridian" original: "Mobilis Meridiani" and a horizontal band labeled "Horizon" encircle the globe. To the left of the globe is the word "West" original: "Occidens" and to the right is "East" original: "Oriens", both printed vertically in a decorative Gothic script. The stand features scrolled feet and a central support. At the base, there is a small diagram of a quadrant or similar astronomical instrument.