| Cartograph: |
Sebastian Münster (*1489 - †1552) |
| Title: |
Helvetiae moderna descriptio |
| Year: |
Basle, circa 1550 |
| Sheet Size: |
31.8 x 41.0 cm (12.5 x 16.1 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
26.7 x 34.0 cm (10.5 x 13.4 inches) |
| Early woodcut map showing Switzerland, South Germany and the Lake Constance. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster, published around 1550. |
| Two small wormholes close to centrefold back. Very good 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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