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Tropicus capricorni.
If. Jovis regirt....

14 % mars der planet hat zu fcinem

mital dafei/en fein hauf ift der
£ fcorpion wen er Me fteht ift der

langft tag 14 or.
© Sol regirt daf vierde clima fein

zeiche ijl......feinfengft tag

ift 14 or.

15 y Venus hat daffiinft clima im

zeichen def ochfen ift er re-
girend der tag ift hie am fengft
* 15 or.

16 ^ Mercurio regirt daffechft clima
£ zum zeichen der Jungfrau ift er

am erfte fein lengft tag ift 15 or.

W d Lune denplanet hat def fiebent
clima fein hauf ift der krebf daf
volck diefef clima ift wandelpar
fo der tag am langften hie ift

18 er 16 or lanck.

Tropic of Capricorn.
Jupiter rules ....
The metal of Mars the planet is
iron: his House is the Scorpion,
and when within it the longest day
is 14 hours.

The Sun rules the fourth climate;

his sign is......his longest day

is 14 hours.

Venus rules the fifth climate in the
sign of the Bull; the longest day
here is 15 hours.

Mercury rules the sixth climate ; his
first House is the sign of the Virgin ;
the longest day is 15 hours.
The planet Moon rules the seventh
climate ; her House is the Crab;
the people of this climate are changeable
(inconstant, somnambulist); the
longest day there is 16 hours long.

A glance through these legends reveals a surprising
number of errors, which would hardly have been looked
for from a " disciple of Kegiomontanus." This is readily
seen from the following tabular summary.



Climate.

Longest
Day.

Latitude.

Lord or
Regent.

Metal.

Colour.

Houses of
the Lord.

Annual
Revolutions.



I. Meroes . .

Hours.
13

B

16

h Saturn

Lead

Black |

Goat
Waterman

Years. Days.
| 29 107



II. Syene .

1SJ

24

H Jupiter

Tin

Blue|

Archer
Fishes

| 11 315



III. Alexandria

14

30

S Mars

Iron

Red |

Scorpion
Ram

| 1 322



TV. Rhodes .



36

0 Sun

Gold

Yellow

Lion

1 0



V. Borne . .

15

41

9 Venus

Copper

Green j

Balance
Bull

| 0 225



VI. Borysthenes

IS*

45

5 Mercury

i Quickly
silver

Vermilion
Virgin
Twins.

} 0 88



VII. Rhipaeanl
mountains' ./

1C

49

« Moon

Silver

White

Crab

0 27

It need hardly be pointed out that a day of 6 months
is experienced only at the Poles and not in lat. 66°.

The Horizon.

The original horizon of the globe was of iron ; that now
encircling it is of brass, and Murr (p. 19) suggests that
it is the work of Werner, the famous astronomer. It is
35 mm. broad and 10 mm. thick.

On its outer edge we read as follows :—

der ring ist genant orifont und zeigt
dan auf und absteigen der sonnen und
der zwolf zeichen.

Anno Domini 1510 die 5 Novem-
bris.

This Ring is called Horizon, and
shows the rising and setting of the
Sun, and of the twelve signs of the
zodiac.

In the year of the Lord, 1510,
November 5.

On the upper surface are engraved four concentric
circles. The first of these is divided from E. and W.
toward the N. and S. into 4 x 90 = 360 degrees ; the
second circle is divided into 2 x 12 parts and contains

indications of sunrise and sunset; the third and fourth
give the names of the winds in Latin and German.

In the second of these rings we read Mitternacht
(midnight) in the north, der mittag (midday) in the
south; der sonnen aufgang (the sun's rise) in the east;
der sonnen untergang (sunset) in the west; der sonnen
aufgang in den sommer (sunrise in summer), do. in the
winter, etc.

The names of the winds are as follows:—

/1 /1 y i;/. d

±ioTuen

N.



xioru. y eye it obi

N. b. E.

Aninln



N.N.E.



1.1vtwo&1 yeyen iTtyruni

N E h E

Hism Tinrfifia
j.ri i (/ jjt/y cuff



N.E.





N.E. b. E.

Wultumus

Ostnordost

E.N.E.



tint npnpn nitrnt'n

E. b. N.

tlurus

Osten

E.



Oil gegen Suden

E. b. S.

Subsolawis

Ostsudost

E.S.E.



Sudo8t gegen osten

S.E. b. E.

Euro Auster

Siidost

S.E.



Sudost gegen Suden

S.E. b. S.

Notus

Sudsiidost

S.S.E.



Suden g. Osten

S. b. E.

AUSTEB

Siid

S.



Suden g. Westen

S. b. w.

Affricns

Siidsiidwest

S.S.W.



Siidwest g. Suden

S.W. b. S.

Zephiro Auster

Siidwest

s.w.

Siidwest g. West

S.W. b. w.

Favonius

Westsudwest

W.S.W.



West g. Siid

W. b. s.

Zephirus

West

w.



West g. Norden

W. b. N.

Circius

Westnordwest

W.N.W.



Nordwest g. Norden

N.W. b. N.

Zephiro Boreas

Nordwest

N.W.



Nordwest g. Norden

N.W. b. N.

Corns

Nordnordwest

N.N.W.



Nord g. west

N. b. W.

The Ocean.

The Ocean on Behaim's globe surrounds the continental
mass of land, though covered around the North Pole with
many large islands, so that in order to proceed from
Iceland direct to the north coast of Asia it is necessary to
pass through a narrow strait. The arctic ocean, called
das gefrore mer feptentrionel—the frozen sea of the North
—is surrounded on all sides by land. It is the " Mare
concretum " of Pierre d'Ailly's ' Imago mundi,' and of
the Ulm edition of Ptolemy printed in 1482.

The North Sea, the Oceanus Germanicus of Ptolemy,
is described as das engelis mere (D 60)—the " English
Sea," for by that name it was known to the sailors of
Scandinavia anc* of northern Germany. The Baltic, the
Mare Germankum of the learned, is called das mer von
alemdgna (D 60), the " German Sea," which proves
conclusively that Behaim in delineating that part of the
world was guided by an Italian or Catalan Portolano
chart.