Oldest-Known Globe Showing New World Discovered
23 August 2013
(WASHINGTON) — The oldest known globe to depict the New World was discovered etched on an ostrich egg dating back to 1504, the Washington Map Society said.
The egg, which is about the size of a grapefruit, depicts North America as a group of scattered islands. It also features South America, Japan, Brazil and Arabia engraved onto the globe, according to a Washington Map Society news release this week.
The phrase “HIC SVNT DRACONES” is etched over the coast of Southeast Asia, which translates to “Here are the dragons.”
The globe, which was made from the lower halves of two ostrich eggs, was uncovered at the London Map Fair in 2012 from a dealer who said it had been part of an “important European collection” for decades, according to the Map Society ...
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