Globe, Northern Hemisphere - Johan Schöner (1515)

Decorative map of the northern hemisphere by Johan Schöner. There are four globes by Schöner that are known. They were made in 1515, 1520, 1523 and 1533. So here is the first of his globes reproduced. The motif shows the northern hemisphere, laid out in so-called flat form.

The northern hemisphere is the part of the globe that is most "precise". As it depicts the part of the world that was most explored during the early fifteenth century. The Mediterranean area in particular was mapped a long time ago.

The paper used is so-called surveying paper, handmade from Lessebo. A type of paper originally intended for land surveying documents, and therefore produced in a larger format than usual. What identifies a surveying paper is that in each corner there is a special wire mark of a right-angled triangle/protractor. The paper is of very high quality, has a fantastic surface structure and is of course archive-resistant. Below the map is Lessebo's watermark and in the lower right corner of the sheet is the year and place of printing. Tecknargården 1970.

Independent text with historical background is included on a separate sheet.