Behaim Globe
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The Behaim Globe is the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, created around 1492 by German cartographer Martin Behaim and notable for depicting the world just before the discovery of the Americas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Behaim Globe canonical | 1 |
| Behaim’s globe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18425020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Behaim Globe Context triple: [Erdapfel, hasAlternativeName, Behaim Globe]
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A.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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B.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Waldseemüller map
The Waldseemüller map is a groundbreaking early 16th-century world map famous for being the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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D.
Universalis Cosmographia
Universalis Cosmographia is a famous 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, notable as the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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E.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Behaim Globe Target entity description: The Behaim Globe is the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, created around 1492 by German cartographer Martin Behaim and notable for depicting the world just before the discovery of the Americas.
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A.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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B.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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C.
Waldseemüller map
The Waldseemüller map is a groundbreaking early 16th-century world map famous for being the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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D.
Universalis Cosmographia
Universalis Cosmographia is a famous 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, notable as the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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E.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Behaim Globe