Von Italia.

Early woodcut map of Northern Italy by Sebastian Münster. This map is one of the earliest printed maps of Northern Italy, drawing on contemporaneous data. The map, oriented towards the south, covers the peninsula from Naples northwards to the Alps. Prominent cities such as Rome, Florence, Pisa, Turin, Genoa, and Venice are included. The broader regions of Campania, Abruzzo, and Lombardy are labeled. Additionally, Corsica with the city of Aleria, as well as Sardinia with the city of Sardos, are featured on the map. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, published 1578 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

Somewhat stained. Very good condition.

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.