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The Borgia world map. Africa is at the top of the map, with Europe at the bottom right. Vatican Library, Rome. Mainly a decoration piece, the Borgia map is a world map made sometime in the early 15th century, and engraved on a metal plate. Its "workmanship and written explanations make it one of the most precious pieces of the history of ...
Aerial render of the Build The Earth project on a modified Airocean World Map. Build the Earth was created by YouTuber PippenFTS in March 2020 as a collaborative effort to recreate Earth in the video game Minecraft. [1] During the COVID-19 lockdowns, the server aimed to provide players with the opportunity to virtually experience and construct ...
Griggs's facsimile of Diogo Ribeiro's 1529 Carta Universal, known as the Propaganda Map or Second Borgia Map. The original is in the Vatican Library . The Padrón Real was constantly improved from its first version in 1507/08. [ 3 ]
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...
The ceiling details the deeds and the coat of arms of the House of Borgia in stucco, including a double crown for the kingdoms of Aragon and Sicily, a crimson flame and an ox, and a sun. [13] While the function of the room is still subject to scholarly debate, it is commonly known as the study for the prominent members of the Borgia family.
He was born in Subiaco in Lazio, Italy [1] [2] in either 1475 or 1476, the illegitimate son of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de Borja, usually known as "Rodrigo Borgia", later Pope Alexander VI, and his Italian mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei, about whom information is sparse.
Painting by John Collier, "A glass of wine with Caesar Borgia", from left: Cesare Borgia, Lucrezia, Pope Alexander, and a young man holding an empty glass. The painting represents the popular view of the treacherous nature of the Borgias – the implication being that the young man cannot be sure that the wine is not poisoned.
Nordenskiöld, A. E. (1891) "An account of a copy from the 15th century of a Map of the World engraved on metal, which is preserved in cardinal Stephan Borgia's museum at Velletri; copied from Ymer, 1891". Stockholm: A. L. Norman (this mappemonde was later acquired by the John Rylands Library, Manchester)