Martellus Map (British Library)
This brightly colored map reflects some of the most recent information from Portuguese voyages around Africa.
This dark and unattractive copy of Martellus’ map has been studied, but revealed little. The Yale Library image allows close-up viewing.
This earliest known version of the globe drew upon sources similar to those Martellus used in the copy at Yale.
Shows the area displayed in the Martellus World Map. Of note is Sri Lanka which, like in the earlier Ptolemaic Map, is disproportionately large.
View Martellus Map of the World in a larger map