Hartmann Schedel

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Hartmann Schedel, a german humanist and historian (* February 13, 1440 in Nuremberg, † November 28, 1514 in Nuremberg), was one of the first cartographers to make use of the printing press.

Many of the maps in his "Schedelsche Welt Chronik" (Schedel's World Chronicle, also known as Nuremberg Chronicle) show cities and countries illustrated for the first time ever.

The World Chronicle was published 1493 in Nuremberg and is therefore an incunabulum.

With the recent establishment of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg it rapidly became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis, whereas earlier books had been extremely rare, due to them having to be handwritten.

Illustrations in the World Chronicle

Constantinopolis	Nuremberg	The oldest printed map of Jerusalem	Map of Cairo
Dance of Death	Hostility to Jews	Registry

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