{"id":12982,"date":"2025-05-20T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/?p=12982"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:56:29","slug":"orbis-typus-universalis-iuxta-hydrographorum-traditionem-c-1510-1520","status":"publish","type":"map","link":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/orbis-typus-universalis-iuxta-hydrographorum-traditionem-c-1510-1520\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem (c. 1510\u20131520)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-31d465b ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-31d465b-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{align-items:center !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:75% !important}.ugb-31d465b.ugb-container{padding-left:60px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-31d465b-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-9406a1f ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9406a1f > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-9406a1f-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-9406a1f-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h4>This early 16th-century world map, titled <em data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"324\">Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem<\/em>, reflects Renaissance geographic knowledge shortly after the Age of Discovery. Based on Ptolemaic geography but incorporating contemporary exploration data, it presents a hybrid worldview that includes Europe, Asia, and northern Africa with speculative depictions of the Indian Ocean and adjacent regions. It features portolan-style rhumb lines for navigation, emphasizing maritime orientation and trade routes. The Americas are absent or highly minimized, as this map predates widespread recognition of the New World.<\/h4>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12834\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/World-1513-Martin-Waldseemuller-1536x1162.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Right-click image file to save.<\/p>\n<h4>Source:<\/h4>\n<p>Attributed to German cartographer Martin Waldseem\u00fcller or his contemporaries, based on early hydrographic sources. Printed c. 1510\u20131520 in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<h4>Resolution:<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1146\">Woodcut map; not drawn to modern scale but intended for navigational reference. Includes rhumb lines and place names.<\/p>\n<h4>Suggested Use:<\/h4>\n<p>Best suited for historical cartographic studies, navigation history, and the transition from medieval to modern geographic worldviews. It illustrates how geographic understanding evolved alongside European maritime exploration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p>Waldseem\u00fcller, M. (attributed). <em data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1506\">Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem<\/em>. c. 1510\u20131520.<br data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1524\">Harley, J.B., &amp; Woodward, D. 1987. <em data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1597\">The History of Cartography, Volume 1<\/em>. University of Chicago Press.<br data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1630\">Shirley, R.W. 1983. <em data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1712\">The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472\u20131700<\/em>. 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