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| Cartograph: |
Sebastian Münster (*1489 - †1552) |
| Title: |
Warhaffte abcontrafehtung der machtigen und vesten Statt Alkair |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Basle, Petri, circa 1575 |
| Sheet Size: |
37.5 x 44.5 cm (14.8 x 17.5 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
23.5 x 39.0 cm (9.3 x 15.4 inches) |
| Reference: |
Fauser 6299 |
| Original old coloured woodcut view of Cairo in Egypt by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx of Giza, crocodiles and ships in the Nile River. |
| Minor browning, two small wormholes backed. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Sebastian Münster was born 1489 in Ingelheim (Pfalz). First being a Franciscan, he became Professor for Theology, Hebrew and Mathematics after he converted to Protestantism in 1529. He became one of the most influencing geographers of the sixteenth century. His "Cosmographia", published in 1544, spread geographical knowledge wide over Europe. It was issued in nearly 40 editions and 6 languages. Münster was the first cartographer publishing each known continent on a separate map. His second important work was the "Geographia", a new edition of Ptolemys Geographia. He died May 1552 in Basel on Black Death. |
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