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Andreas Walsperger (born c. 1415 in Radkersburg; date of death unknown) was a German cartographer of the 15th century. The son of a carpenter, he became a Benedictine monkatSt. Peter'sinSalzburg in 1434. He left the monastery in 1442. Little more is known about him except that in 1448/9[1] he created his map in Konstanz.

Map of Andreas Walsperger, around 1448

The map

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The map of Andreas Walsperger is a Latin Mappa Mundi, atypical in its depiction of Africa and in its placing a large castle in China, where others including Fra Mauro's place their grand castle to the north. In Germany, the only other example of the type is the "Mappa mundi Ciziensis" from Zeitz.

The parchment measures 57.7 x 75 cm.

Ownership

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In the sixteenth century, the Fugger family may have owned the map. In 1622, it was given to Pope Gregory XVbyMaximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and is now held in the Vatican Library Palatina (Lat. 1362 B).

References

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  1. ^ he made the world-map for which he is remembered. It has elements in common with accounts of other maps no longer extant and with the better known worldmap of the Fra Mauro (1457) the most elaborate example of medieval Latin cartography remaining. "Geography and the Church - Subject: Geography". Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-18.

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