Martin Behaim (6 October 1459 – 29 July 1507), also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia, was a German textile merchant... 12 KB (1,500 words) - 03:48, 24 April 2024 |
Erdapfel (redirect from Martin Behaim’s globe) [ˈeːɐ̯tˌʔapfl̩] ) is a terrestrial globe 51 cm (20 in) in diameter, produced by Martin Behaim from 1490 to 1492. The Erdapfel is the oldest surviving terrestrial... 7 KB (532 words) - 02:15, 18 March 2024 |
150 BC. The oldest surviving terrestrial globe is the Erdapfel, made by Martin Behaim in 1492. The oldest surviving celestial globe sits atop the Farnese... 17 KB (1,952 words) - 15:23, 15 April 2024 |
Columbus' ship Santa María runs aground off Cap-Haïtien, and is lost. Martin Behaim constructs the first surviving globe of Earth, the Erdapfel. As Columbus... 14 KB (1,497 words) - 15:24, 21 April 2024 |
told in various places. The principal source is an inscription on Martin Behaim's 1492 Nuremberg globe which reads (in English translation): In the year... 40 KB (5,236 words) - 14:13, 27 March 2024 |
Behaim is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, just to the south of the crater Ansgarius. To the south of Behaim is... 6 KB (387 words) - 01:46, 26 January 2024 |