MAKE A MEME View Large Image Roman Globe Fresco Pompeii.jpg en A c AD 50 Roman globe depiction with a north pole mountain like later time magnet mountains Found in the Boscoreale villa near Pompeii Size of original 61 x 39 7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art Rogers Fund ...
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Keywords: Roman Globe Fresco Pompeii.jpg en A c AD 50 Roman globe depiction with a north pole mountain like later time magnet mountains Found in the Boscoreale villa near Pompeii Size of original 61 x 39 7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art Rogers Fund 1903 It is less known because it was originally misinterpreted as a sundial But This detail clearly shows a globe drawn in approximate perspective Woodward Harley The History of Cartography Vol 1 1987 PD-old-100 author c AD 50 Credit line http //en wikipedia org/wiki/User 3APortolanero Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-3 0 CC-BY-3 0 Paintings of globes Ancient Roman frescos from Boscoreale in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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