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Reference 11589
Monumental map of the course of the Rhine river. The three-sheet woodcut map showing the Rhine from the headwaters in Switzerland to its mouth in the North Sea. The map on three leaves was first published in the Cosmographia by Sebstian Münster 1588 in Basel. This is the second version of Münster's monumental maps of the river Rhine.
The 3 hand coloured sheets are not joined, the first picture displayed is a computer assembly to show the fit of the leaves. The total size of the map if joined would be 30,7 x 104 cm.
Cartographer | Sebastian Münster |
Title | Die erst Tafel, innhaltend das Schweytzerlandt, mit den anstossenden Ländern / Die ander Tafel des Rheinstroms, begreiffend die Pfaltz, Westereich, Eyfel ec. / Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms, innhaltend das Nider Teutschlandt. |
Publisher, Year | Sebastian Henric Petri, Basle, 1588 |
Plate Size | 30.7 x 35.7 cm (12.1 x 14.1 inches) |
Sheet Size | 33.5 x 40.5 cm (13.2 x 15.9 inches) |
Reference | Stopp, K.: Die monumentalen Rheinlaufkarten aus der Blütezeit der Kartographie |
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