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Erhard Etzlaub 1511 Sundial miniature map
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Erhard Etzlaub 1511 Sundial miniature map

Miniature map from outside of hinged lid of Etzlaub's 1511 sundial. Size is 93x65 mm, orientation is "South-up", no longitudes are given. Latitudes printed in grey numbers (see right margin) were calculated by Krücken (2004, see "Source") for a Mercator projection of same area and prove that Etzlaub's approach was completely different. These maps were designed to adjust sundials (called "Kompast" sic! in late medieval German) for user's latitude. Instructions were given by Etzlaub in Codex ad Compastum Norembergensem which was kept by Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany, but seems lost.

Date
1511
Place
Africa
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
1,827 × 2,423 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: PD-Art.

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