Description
Early woodcut map of Spain and Portugal by Sebastian Münster. With the islands Majorca and Minorca. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. 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 used first in Münster's Geographia Universalis in 1540.
Condition
Somewhat browned and stained. 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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Sebastian Münster: Hispania nach Aller seiner gelegenheit in Bergen, Wassern, Statten, Völkern Königreichen und Inseln..
Antique woodcut map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.
Spain - Portugal - Münster, Sebastian - Hispania nach Aller seiner gelegenheit in...