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Let me return to a more common language.The "roemer" (a German form of wine glas) in question is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.. The glass engraving shows a strongly reduced adoption of the 1555 map of the Rhine area by Caspar Vopelius. Peter H. Meurer http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/120003333?rpp=20&pg=1&gallerynos=520&ft=*&pos=4 ----- Original Message ----- From: piero falchetta To: Discussion group for map history Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [MapHist] "Mapamundo em vidro" or "a big [terrestrial] globemadeof glass / crystal" This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petrus Falconius sociis. Dubito, generaliter loquendo, num "mapamundo em vidro" vasum ad bibendum aptum iudicandum possit. Licet imaginem illius vasi pervulgari petere, ut communitas mapparum amantium (MapHist appellata) verum cernere possit? Valeatis PF
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