Is This Ostrich Egg Globe, The Oldest Depiction Of The 'New World'?
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An intricately carved globe pieced together from two bottom shells of ostrich eggs may have just taken over the title of the oldest depiction of the 'New World', from the copper etched Hunt-Lenox globe that lies in The New York Public Library. What is even more interesting is that ostrich globe which is believed to have been created between 1504-1506 used Leonardo Da Vinci's unique 'triangle' technique to transfer the 2-dimensional map drawing into a 3-dimensional sphere, leading Belgian cartographer Stefaan Missinne to speculate that it may be the work of a skilled artist from Da Vinci's Florence studio.
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- Elliott12년 이하Awesome... What a great help!!! Thanks!
- Wilson12년 이하That is a smart way to look at a map!!!
- PinkLauren12년 이하I never knew globes were made of ostrich eggs! Dang this is a good article for my article research homework! thanks dogo news!
- Aren12년 이하This is awesome
bookworm890약 12년This is such an awesome artifact; I want one.
binkymc약 12년How did they get the eggs with out being chased home?🌀- SYDNEY약 12년THIS IS AWESOME,WHO WROTE THIS
- Aubs약 12년This is very interesting because an ostrich egg is very uncommon out in the open so you would have to be in a very plain place were the soil or the land would be easy for the ostrich to stick there heads in.
mb약 12년I bet it cost millions..... billions, heck even trillllions- mb약 12년this is soooooooo kool