Before revision: Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen.Landwehr & Stockhorst (2004), p. 279Werner (2009), p. 243 Made popular in the 1500s , the map shows Europe standing upright, with the Iberian Peninsula (Hispania) forming her crowned head, and Bohemia her heart is the head, wearing a crown shaped after the Carolingian hoop crown.
After revision: Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen.Landwehr & Stockhorst (2004), p. 279Werner (2009), p. 243 Made popular in the 16th century , the map shows Europe as a young and graceful woman wearing the Imperial regalia.Werner (2009), p. 244 The Iberian peninsula (Hispania) is the head, wearing a crown shaped after the Carolingian hoop crown.