[Illustration: Fig. 38. The Green Globe, 1515.]
Nordenskiöld has described a set of twelve globe gores, engraved on wood, belonging to his own collection, which he assigns to the year 1518.[169] Of these particular gores three sets are known; one being in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein (Fig. 39), one in the Bibliothèque Nationale, and one, as noted, in the possession of Nordenskiöld. On these gore maps North America bears the name "Terra Cuba" and "Parias." South America has the name "America" inscribed in large letters, with an accompanying legend reading "Terra Noua Inuenta est Anno 1497." "The New World discovered in the year 1497."[170] The austral land, appearing on the Schöner globes, is wanting. By reason of the fact that the names of but two European cities are inscribed, these being "Ingolstadt" and "St. Jacobus," the suggestion has been made that the map is the work of Apianus, a celebrated geographer of Ingolstadt, author of the important map of 1520 and a globe maker.[171] In their general features these gores are of the Schönerian type, which we may also characterize as Lusitano-Germanic.
[Illustration: Fig. 39. Liechtenstein Globe Gores, ca. 1518.]
In the Royal Collections of Windsor Castle may be found a set of eight globe gores (Fig. 135), attributed by Major to Leonardo da Vinci, but with very little more reason for the assignment than the fact that they were found in a collection of papers in the handwriting of that famous artist. They are drawn as equilateral triangles, each representing one eighth of the earth's surface, not as biangles, which is the usual form for early globe gores.[172] Major described the map as the oldest known on which the name America appears, giving as the probable date of construction the year 1514, which date is thought by Harrisse to be five or six years too early.[173] Such a distinction as was claimed for the record of the name America by Major, being likewise assigned at various times to other early maps, has at last been definitely fixed as belonging to the world map of Waldseemüller of 1507.[174] The outlines of the New World bear a resemblance to those found in the Lenox and the Jagellonicus globes. The North American region is represented by two islands, one of which bears the name "Bacalar," the other "Terra Florida." South America, a large island, has conspicuously inscribed the name "America," together with a few prominent coast names. These gores are chiefly of interest by reason of their peculiar form.