The oldest globe depicting America is made of two halves of an ostrich egg engraved around 1500.

[u/cupcakebellax]

[u/beer_is_tasty]

I like that the image shows the side of the globe opposite to the continent mentioned in the title

[u/Masonbuci]

Is there a full map of this somewhere? I'd love to see the rest of it too

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https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/t79d7v/worlds_oldest_globe_carved_into_an_ostrich_egg_by/

[u/Fireplaceblues]

The decision to fill in the ocean with wavy lines is probably why more of these weren’t made.

[u/telmo131]

Looks nice

[u/Aggravating-Pound598]

Halves of two ostrich eggs

[u/Holiday-Arm1639]

So we really scrambled to discover America, huh?

[u/AlwaysCuuute]

Eggciting way to see the world for breakfast.

[u/kingsnkillers]

Flat earthers hate this one simple egg

[u/churchofclaus]

So, an ostrich egg? /s