[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [European vernaculars](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu) › [Middle High German and Early New High German](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de) › Erdapfel # Erdapfel Martin Behaim's Globe (1492) The oldest surviving terrestrial globe, made at Nuremberg; its legends describe India, Seilan (Ceylon), the spice trade and St Thomas, after Polo, Mandeville and Ptolemy. - **Language:** gem - **Date:** 1490–1492 CE - **Author:** [Martin Behaim](https://indike.org/pramana/person/behaim) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de.behaim-globe](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de.behaim-globe) · Pramāṇa