English: Fine impression of this map, which first appeared in the 1532 Basel edition of Grynaeus's Novus Orbis Regionum, and is adorned with border vignettes attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. The vignettes feature winged angels turning the World on its axis, suggesting Copernicus' theory of the rotation of the Earth, thirteen years before the publication of his De Revolutionibus.

The map is quite antiquated for its time and was probably prepared prior to 1532, based on Schoener globes and Apianus, but it compensates with a variety of artistic embellishment including sea-monsters, mermaids, and an early sailing.

Woodcut map of the world on two sheets joined at the center, overall 16 3/8 x 22 5/8 in., 415 x 575 mm.