in Nuremberg on 6 October 1459, the oldest son of Martin Behaim and Agnes Schopper. The elder Martin was a merchant involved in long-distance trade within...
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Germanisches Nationalmuseum (category 1852 establishments in the German Confederation)
by Hans Baldung Grien, c. 1520 Martin Luther as Junker Jörg, woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522 Saint James the Greater, by Hans Zürn the Elder, c...
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Renaissance (redirect from The beginning of the Renaissance)
Zacuto, and Martin Behaim. Cartographers Pedro Reinel, Lopo Homem, Estêvão Gomes, and Diogo Ribeiro made crucial advances in mapping the world. Apothecary...
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Flat Earth (redirect from Corners of the earth)
representation of the Earth since ancient times in the west until that of Martin Behaim in 1492. Additionally it could well be a representation of the entire "world"...
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Bavaria (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Rudolf Mössbauer, Lothar Rohde, Hermann Schwarz, Robert Huber, Martin Behaim, Levi Strauss, Rudolf Diesel, Feodor Lynen, Georges J. F. Köhler, Erwin...
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List of people from Nuremberg (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
(1329–1407), trader and factory owner Martin Behaim (1459–1507), cartographer best known for his Erdapfel, the world's oldest known globe Erhard Etzlaub...
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of the future ruler of Spain as well as ally and close relation to Portuguese kings. He sent men like Martin Behaim und Hieronymus Münzer to the Portuguese...
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Free Imperial City of Nuremberg (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
Martin Behaim (1459–1507) built the first globe and Peter Henlein (c. 1485–1542) produced the first pocket watch. Also notable from this period are the woodcarver...
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1490s (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
aground off Cap-Haïtien, and is lost. Martin Behaim constructs the first surviving globe of Earth, the Erdapfel. As Columbus would only return from his...
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map: Present-Day Palestine and the Holy Land 1492: Martin Behaim's "Erdapfel" globe 1496: Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi, The Glorious History of Jerusalem and...
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