This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseem ller's Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights...