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Globes of the Early Sixteenth Century.
tract to which reference has just been made. It is probable
that we can obtain some idea of the appearance of the globe
from the small woodcut printed on the title-page of both
the Latin and the German editions, of which a conspicuous
feature is the representation of a small land area southwest
of Africa, bearing the inscription "Nliw welt" (Fig. 33).
As the little book was issued in both Latin and German,
Harrisse thinks it probable
that two editions of the
globe likewise appeared.^^
The Lenox globe*° is
often referred to as the
oldest extant post-Columbian
globe. It is an en-
graved copper ball of excellent
workmanship, 127
mm. in diameter (Figs. 34,
35), neither signed nor
dated, and is without
mountings. A critical study
of its geographical records,
particularly of the New
World representations, has
led to the conclusion that
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