mapy-i-podróże: Hunt–Lenox Globe

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The Hunt–Lenox Globe or Lenox Globe, dating from about 1508, is the second-oldest known terrestrial globe after the Erdapfel of Martin Behaim (1492) or, according to a fringe theory, the third-oldest after the Erdapfel and the Ostrich Egg Globe (claimed 1504). The Hunt-Lenox Globe is housed by the Rare Book Division of the New York Public Library. It is notable as the only known example of an historical map actually using the phrase HC SVNT DRACONES (Latin, "here are dragons").

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The Ostrich Egg Globe is a hollow terrestrial globe purportedly made from the conjoined lower halves of two ostrich eggs. The map carved on the globe is an extremely close, if not identical, match to the Hunt–Lenox Globe, a copper globe reliably dated to about 1510. The owner of the Ostrich Egg Globe, Stefaan Missinne, claims that it was made in the early 16th century and would therefore be the first globe ever to depict the New World. Various researchers do not support Missinne's claims, pointing to X-ray images of the globe and mistakes around the globe's equator.

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The Behaim Globe, also known as the Erdapfel (German for 'earth apple'), is a terrestrial globe 51 cm (20 in) in diameter, produced by Martin Behaim from 1490 to 1492. It is the oldest extant terrestrial globe, constructed of a laminated linen ball in two halves, reinforced with wood and overlaid with a map painted on gores by Georg Glockendon. These intricate details were based on navigational charts by Jorge de Aguiar, incorporating paper maps meticulously pasted onto a parchment layer encircling the globe. The Americas are not included, as Columbus returned to Spain no sooner than March 1493. The globe shows an enlarged Eurasian continent and an empty ocean between Europe and Asia. The m…