It is constructed of a laminated linen ball in two halves, reinforced with wood and overlaid with a map painted by Georg Glockendon.
As a member of the Glockendon family of artists, he was the father of miniaturist and woodcutter Albrecht, who took over the family workshop, and master illuminator Nikolaus.
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The Erdapfel of Martin Behaim is the best known of his painted works, the majority of which remain unidentified.
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Famed during his lifetime for his illuminations, he was also an industrious printer and published a number of the works of Erhard Etzlaub.
During his visit to his native home in Nuremberg, in collaboration with the painter Georg Glockendon, Martin Behaim constructed his familiar terrestrial globe between 1491 and 1493, one of two globes, which he called the Erdapfel (literally, the earth apple).
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