| Cartograph: |
Sebastian Münster (*1489 - †1552) |
| Title: |
Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald, Otenwald, und Nordgow. |
| Year: |
Basle, circa 1550 |
| Sheet Size: |
32.0 x 39.3 cm (12.6 x 15.5 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
27.0 x 34.0 cm (10.6 x 13.4 inches) |
| Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany around Ulm. Covering the area beween the Lake Constance, Strasbourg, Bamberg and Passau, oriented to the South. From a German edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster. |
| Minor soiling in margin, fine conditions. |
| 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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