MAP OF THE WORLD

Original title: Typus Orbis Terrarum

A late 16th-century hand-colored world map in an oval projection, surrounded by a border of billowing clouds. The map depicts the continents as then understood, with significant labels for "AMERICA OR THE NEW INDIES," "EUROPE," "AFRICA," "ASIA," and a vast southern continent titled "SOUTHERN LAND NOT YET KNOWN." The oceans are decorated with period sailing vessels and sea monsters. A large ornamental cartouche at the top contains the title, while a larger one at the bottom features a quote from Cicero. Latitude and longitude are indicated along the map's grid, with labels for the Arctic and Antarctic circles, the Equator, and the Tropics. The four cardinal directions (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST) are placed at the edges of the central oval.

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AMERICA OR THE NEW INDIES. First discovered in the year 1492 by Christopher Columbus in the name of the King of Castile.

ARCTIC CIRCLE

TROPIC OF CANCER

EQUATOR Original: Aequinoctialis
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

ANTARCTIC CIRCLE

SEA OF THE SOUTH Original: Mar del Zur

SEA OF THE NORTH Original: Mar del Nort, referring to the Atlantic Ocean

ETHIOPIAN OCEAN A historical name for the South Atlantic Ocean

SEA OF INDIA

THE PACIFIC SEA

Some call this Southern continent the Magellanic region, after its discoverer. Referring to Ferdinand Magellan

Region of Parrots, so named by the Portuguese because of the incredible size of those birds in that place. This name was often applied to the coast of Brazil on early maps

It is established from the travel writings of Marco Polo the Venetian and Ludovico di Varthema that very vast regions exist here. This note is placed in Southeast Asia, reflecting the influence of medieval and Renaissance travelers on cartography

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WHAT CAN SEEM GREAT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS TO ONE FOR WHOM ALL ETERNITY AND THE VASTNESS OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ARE KNOWN? CICERO:

A quote from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, suggesting that geographical knowledge provides a humbling perspective on human life.