Woodcuts based on those by Martin Waldseemüller, 1470-1519. Relief shown pictorially. Vellum binding. First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description). Some pages have a fol. number in decorative banner at top. Engraved title page, printed in black and red. Diagrams and tables with explanatory text on leaves of plates s-siiii, [1]-[4]. Descriptive text on versos of maps. Abridged map titles in ornamental banners above maps; full titles on versos (differences indicated in square brackets following recto map titles below). Map 1 shows zodiac, many show ports (e.g. Map 40); Maps 28 and 29 show world; Map 29 has rhumb lines; Map 46 shows climate. oddly shaped maps, including trapezoids (e.g. Map 46). Some oddly shaped maps, including trapezoids (e.g. Map 46). This copy has pencil inscriptions on inside cover: 48, K12196; and long note. Marginalia throughout. Leaf 86 misprinted as 89, pencil correction above; leaf 100 misplaced between 97 and 98.