Monday's Mappa Mundi

The latest map to last added to my Mappae Mundi collection of historical Blue Planet maps is Urbano Monte's 1587 Planisphere. Urbano Monte's Planisphere has been inwards the tidings a lot this twelvemonth because the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University of late acquired i of the alone 2 existing manuscript copies of the map.

The master manuscript map is inwards the degree of a lx sail atlas. Urbano Monte intended for the sheets to last joined together to practise i rattling large 10 human foot map. The David Rumsey Map Collection has achieved that finish past times digitizing all lx sheets as well as creating a digital interactive map of the planisphere.

Urbano Monte's Planisphere uses a due north polar azimuthal projection. This projection places the North Pole at the pump of the map. Monte himself suggested that a key pin last added to the pump of the map as well as then that users could rotate the map piece exploring the atlas.

If y'all are interested inwards viewing the map using unlike projections y'all tin purpose Urbano Monte World Map Reprojections.. Visionscarto has used the map tiles from the David Rumsey interactive map to practise a tool for viewing the map inwards 21 unlike map projections. They fifty-fifty include everyone's favorite Mercator projection, which agency y'all tin brand straight comparisons amongst Google Maps if y'all as well as then wish.

To persuasion Urbano Monte's Planisphere on my Mappae Mundi just click on the 1587 push as well as aspect for the map to load. You tin also persuasion the Blue Planet map at the David Rumsey Map Collection.