Can't resist posting this, which appeared unidentified in a Times review of a PBS program April 1st. (You know how I love maps.) It seems to be from a Hannoveraner, as the caption is Die gantze Welt in einem Kleberblat/ Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Vaterlandes Wappen. (Actually it's by someone named Heinrich Bünting, and dates from 1581; you can see it in detail and learn all about it here.) Amusing the addenda to the cloverleaf: England hovering above the red leaf, Denmark and Sweden fading off top, and America, Die Neue Welt, pushing in from the southwest..
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Cloverleaf map
Can't resist posting this, which appeared unidentified in a Times review of a PBS program April 1st. (You know how I love maps.) It seems to be from a Hannoveraner, as the caption is Die gantze Welt in einem Kleberblat/ Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Vaterlandes Wappen. (Actually it's by someone named Heinrich Bünting, and dates from 1581; you can see it in detail and learn all about it here.) Amusing the addenda to the cloverleaf: England hovering above the red leaf, Denmark and Sweden fading off top, and America, Die Neue Welt, pushing in from the southwest..