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Ptolemaisch General Tafel, begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt

Sebastian Münster (*1489 - 1552)
Ptolemaic woodcut world map by Sebastian Munster. Published by Heinrich Petri in Basel in 1574.

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Early Ptolemaic woodcut world map by Sebastian Münster. With a surround of clouds and wind-heads. Title on verso surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, published 1574 by Heinrich Petri in Basel. The woodblock of this map was used first in Münster's Geographia Universalis in 1540.

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CartographerSebastian Münster
TitlePtolemaisch General Tafel, begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt
Publisher, YearHeinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Plate Size25.3 x 34.4 cm (10.0 x 13.5 inches)
Sheet Size33.5 x 40.4 cm (13.2 x 15.9 inches)
ReferenceShirley, R. W.: The Mapping of the World, No. 76

Condition

Two tiny worm holes in upper and lower margin around centrefold backed. Minor toning and soiling in the margins. Very good condition with beautiful colours.

Cartographer

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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Ptolemaic woodcut world map by Sebastian Munster. Published by Heinrich Petri in Basel in 1574.

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