Johannes Schöner globe
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The Johannes Schöner globe is a globe
Globe
A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...

 developed by Johannes Schöner
Johannes Schöner
Johannes Schöner was a renowned and respected German polymath...

 (1477-1547), the first being made in 1515. Schöner's globes are some of the oldest globes still in existence. Some of them show areas before they were discovered, such as the Magellan Strait and the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

.

Globes

The Johannes Schöner Globe (1515), a manuscript globe, was made in 1515. The Strait of Magellan can be found on the globe before its "official discovery". The strait is at 53 degrees south
53rd parallel south
The 53rd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 53 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and South America....

. The strait is shown at about 40 degrees south
40th parallel south
The 40th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 40 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America....

 on the 1515 globe.

The Johannes Schöner Globe (1520), a printed globe, was made in 1520. The globe shows the Antarctic continent which had not been explored at that date.

The Johannes Schöner Globe (1523), a printed globe, was made in 1523. It was considered to have been lost until identified by George Nunn in 1927.

The Johannes Schöner's Weimer Globe (1533) was made in 1533. It shows North America as part of Asia and also shows Antarctica.

See also

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    Johannes Schöner
    Johannes Schöner was a renowned and respected German polymath...

  • Erdapfel
    Erdapfel
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  • Hunt-Lenox Globe
    Hunt-Lenox Globe
    The Hunt-Lenox Globe or Lenox Globe, dating from ca. 1510, is the second or third oldest known terrestrial globe, after the Erdapfel of 1492. It bears a striking resemblance to the Globus Jagellonicus, also tentatively dated to 1510...

  • Globus Jagellonicus
    Globus Jagellonicus
    The Globus Jagellonicus or Jagiellonian globe, made in France and dated to around 1510, is by some considered to be the oldest existing globe to show the Americas...

  • Ancient world maps
    Ancient world maps
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  • World map
    World map
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  • Timeline of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
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  • Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
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  • Martin Waldseemüller
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