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| Keywords: Erhard Etzlaub 1511 Sundial miniature map.png en Miniature map from outside of hinged lid of Etzlaub's 1511 sundial Size is 93x65 mm orientation is South-up no longitudes are given Latitudes printed in grey numbers see right margin were calculated by Krücken 2004 see Source for a Mercator projection of same area and prove that Etzlaub's approach was completely different <br/>These maps were designed to adjust sundials called Kompast sic in late medieval German for user's latitude Instructions were given by Etzlaub in Codex ad Compastum Norembergensem which was kept by Staatsbibliothek Munich Germany but seems lost mm 93 65 http //www wilhelmkruecken de/Etzlaub/etzREK JPG 1511 Creator Erhard Etzlaub PD-Art http //www wilhelmkruecken de/Etzlaub/EK12m JPG See copyrighted photograph of the 1511 sample <gallery caption See also > Erhard Etzlaub 1513 sundial photograph by J Drecker 1925 edited jpg Etzlaub's 1513 sundial PD-old Mercator and Etzlaub png coloured and rotated </gallery> PD-old-100 Erhard Etzlaub Mercator projections 1511 maps 1510s maps of Africa Old maps of Europe Old sundial charts Reversed maps Maps in Latin | ||||
