{"id":261159,"date":"2013-08-25T21:49:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/08\/25\/hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T00:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T00:40:59","slug":"hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/08\/25\/hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-261159 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/08\/25\/hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found\/attachment\/261160\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/08\/25\/hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found\/attachment\/261161\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco2_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco2_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco2_640-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco2_640-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco2_640.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2013\/08\/25\/hominisaevum-an-austrian-collector-has-found\/attachment\/261162\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco3_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco3_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/tumblr_mrw7f1sudV1ra3azco3_1280-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/hominisaevum.tumblr.com\/post\/58930625935\/an-austrian-collector-has-found-what-may-be-the\" target=\"_blank\">hominisaevum<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An Austrian collector has found what may be the oldest globe, <strong>dated 1504<\/strong>, to depict the <strong>New World<\/strong>, engraved with immaculate detail on <em>two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The globe, <em>about the size of a grapefruit<\/em>, is labeled in Latin and includes what were considered exotic territories such as <strong>Japan, Brazil<\/strong> and <strong>Arabia. North America<\/strong> is depicted as a group of scattered islands. The globe\u2019s lone sentence, above the coast of Southeast Asia, is <strong>\u201cHic Sunt Dracones.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/oldest-globe-to-depict-the-new-world-may-have-been-discovered\/2013\/08\/19\/503b2b4a-06b4-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>full article<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hominisaevum: An Austrian collector has found what may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs. 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