The
Bünting cloverleaf map is a historic
mappa mundi drawn by the German theologian and cartographer
Heinrich Bünting. The map was published in his book
Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae in 1581. The map depicts the three continents of the Old World, Europe, Africa and Asia, as three leaves forming the shape of a
clover, with
Jerusalem at the centre. The three continents include captions for some of their countries and illustrations of cities. The clover is surrounded by the
ocean, with its surface including illustrations of sea creatures, monsters, and a ship. England and Denmark are represented as two island-shapes above Europe's leaf, while the
Americas are shown as a mostly unrevealed shape in the lower left corner, captioned
Die Neue Welt (the
New World).
Map credit: Heinrich Bünting
