The digitally joined 60 sheet map image below is the first time the map Monte made has been seen as one unified map - as Monte intended - in the 430 years since it was created. It was hand drawn by Monte in Milan, Italy, and only one other manuscript copy exists. At 10 foot square, this map or planisphere is the largest known early map of the world. Planisphere of 1587Īn extraordinary 60 sheet manuscript world map made in 1587 by Urbano Monte has been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University.