The Celestial Map- Northern Hemisphere, 1515, Woodcut, Sheet: 24 1/8 x 17 15/16 in. (61. 3 x 45. 6 cm), Prints, Albrecht Durer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), The ancient tradition of making celestial maps can be traced back, by way of Arabic sources, to classical ones. Durer's two maps, this one and another of the Southern Hemisphere, derive from an Arabic type that depicted each hemisphere separately