Plate 10
Laurent Fries, German, c. 1490–1530
Orbis Typus Universalis . . . (1522)

12-13⁄16 x 18-15⁄16 in. (32.5 x 48 cm)
Vienne, France, 1541

A transitional map, showing medieval elements of the mappemonde (map of the world), the more scientific ideas of Ptolemy, and in the rough outline of South America, a  faint speculation about the possibility of the New World.