Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.

Coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

Reference 12840

Description

16th Century Woodcut Map of Europe.

One of the earliest printed maps of the European continent. Curiously oriented to the south. Shows the continent from Constantinople and Greece in the east and Spain in the southwest. With Denmark, England, Scotland and Ireland at the bottom of the map. Decorated with a beautiful sailing ship. Letterpress title on top. A large woodcut border surrounds the title on verso. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, published 1578 by Heinrich Petri in Basel. The woodblock of this map was first used in Seb. Münster's Geographia Universalis in 1540.

Details

Cartographer	Sebastian Münster
Title	Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
Publisher, Year	Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1578
Plate Size	25.8 x 33.9 cm (10.2 x 13.3 inches)
Sheet Size	32.8 x 38.5 cm (12.9 x 15.2 inches)

Condition

Slightly stained in margins. Very good condition.

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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Coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.

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