Plate 1
Saint Isidore, Bishop of Seville, Spanish, c. 560–636
Untitled map of the world

Diameter: 2-9⁄16 in. (6.5 cm)
Augsburg, Germany, 1472

The first known world map ever printed, this is a T and O map. The world is shown as a circle (the O). Asia is at the top, above the crossbar of the T.  Europe and Africa are below, separated from each other by the upright of the T.