Hartmann Schedel

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Hartmann Schedel (February 13, 1440 - November 28, 1514), was a German humanist and historian, one of the first cartographers to make use of the printing press. He was born in Nuremberg.

Many of the maps in his "Schedelsche Welt Chronik" (Schedel's World Chronicle, also known as Nuremberg Chronicle) show cities and countries illustrated for the first time ever.

The World Chronicle was published 1493 in Nuremberg and is therefore an incunabulum.

With the recent establishment of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg it rapidly became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis, whereas earlier books had been extremely rare, due to them having to be handwritten.

Illustrations in the World Chronicle

Image:Schedel konstantinopel.jpg|Constantinopolis Image:Nuernberg schedel.JPG|Nuremberg Image:Hartmann-schedel-hierosolima-1493 2-BW-1147x965.jpg|The oldest printed map of Jerusalem Image:Cairo map1492 schedel.jpg|Map of Cairo Image:Nuremberg chronicles - Dance of Death (CCLXIIIIv).jpg|Dance of Death Image:Schedel judenfeindlichkeit2.jpg|Hostility to Jews Image:Schedel register.jpg|Registry

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