August 20, 2013


Discover: Engraved Ostrich Egg Globe is Oldest to Depict the New World
"[T]he globe not only predates the previous record holder—a globe made of copper alloy between 1504 and 1506, now on display at the New York Public Library—but the evidence suggests it was actually the model used to cast that previous record holder." Via @DoreenHDickson. [rdbrewer]

Posted by rdbrewer at August 20, 2013 05:21 PM
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