Map of the World from Early European Exploration

Title

Map of the World from Early European Exploration

Description

This is a map that shows a European idea of what the world looked like during the age of exploration. Map makers would create detail works of art that heightened the mystery and exoticism that surrounded the Americas and East Asia.

Creator

Diago Homem

Source

Gould Library Special Collections, Carleton College

Date

Early 15th century

Original Format

map

Citation

Diago Homem, “Map of the World from Early European Exploration,” Art in Early Modern Europe: 1450 - 1789, accessed June 15, 2025, https://histangelproject.omeka.net/items/show/54.

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