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1574 map showing North and South America

Map of the Month – 1574 map of the Americas

1st September 20161st September 2016 Laragh Quinney

September’s Map of the Month is one of only seven surviving copies of Paolo Forlani’s 1574 map of the Americas. Beautifully engraved in a clear and legible style, this map shows the continents of North and South America as separate from Asia. Wind-rose lines surround the Americas; these would have aided navigation for sailors. To the south lies  […]

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birds-eye view of Edinburgh from 1682

Map of the Month: Edinburgh in 1582

21st July 201622nd July 2016 Laragh Quinney

The first map of the month for You are Here the National Library of Scotland’s exhibition of maps is Edenburgum, Scotiae Metropolis, which will be on display until the end of August. This attractive birds-eye view of Edinburgh was engraved around 1582 by Franz Hogenberg, for inclusion in the Civitates Orbis Terrarum edited by Georg […]

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