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APPENDIX................107-116

Letters of Martin Behaim to his Uncle Leonhard.
I. Mechlin, April 17, 1477, 107.
II. Mechlin, October 13, 1477 (with Facsimile), 107.

III. Frankfurt, September 17, 1472, 108.

IV. Antwerp, June 8, 1479, 109.

V. Legal Documents referring to a Dance at a Jew's Wedding, 1483, 110.

VI. Legal Documents concerning Bonds signed by Behaim at Antwerp, May 4, 1484, 110.

VII. Statement of Expenses incurred in the Manufacture of the Globe, 1492, 111.

VIII. Dr. H. Schedel's Remarks on the Globe, 112.

IX. Letter of Dr. H. Monetarius to King John of Portugal, July 14, 1493, 113.

X. Martin Behaim to his Cousin Michael, March 11, 1494, 113.

XI. Valentin Ferdinand's Account of Fayal and Pico, 114.

XII. Two Letters addressed by the Town Council of Nuremberg to King Manuel of Portugal,
June 7, 1518, and May 12, 1521, 115.

XIII. Letter of Albrecht Diirer to Michael Behaim, 116.
INDEX..................117

ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate 1. Portrait of Martin Behaim. (From a painting in the possession of the family). . Frontispiece
„ 2. The arms of Behaim. (From a block engraved by Albrecht Diirer in the possession of Freiherr

von Behaim) 5

3. The house in which Behaim was born. (From a photograph by F. Schmidt) .... 7

4. Behaim's monument at Nuremberg. (From a photograph by the same).....52

5. The Globe at Nuremberg in 1904. (From a photograph taken by the kind permission of

Freiherr von Behaim in 1905) ........... 57

C. Facsimile of a letter written by Martin Behaim, dated Mechlin, October 13th, 1477, now

in the family archives at Nuremberg . . . . . . . . . .107

In Text. 7. The Arms of Portugal in 1484 and 1485.......... 21

8. The Padrao of Cape Cross, 1485 ........... 22

„ 9. Rock inscriptions on the Lower Congo relating to Cao's voyage of 1485-1486 ... 22

„ 10-17. Illustrations of astronomical instruments (as.?olabes, quadrant, cross-staff, back-staff,

sundials, etc.) ............. .15-18