Antique Maps by Sebastian Münster (*1489 - †1552)

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.

Sebastian Münster: Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient / bey dem Landt Indie ligen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Sebastian Munster's...
Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient / bey dem Landt...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Land India ligen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Early state of...
Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Land India...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales & Indianas Vocant
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1554)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Early state of...
Tabula Novarum Insularum, quas Diversis Respectibus Occidentales &...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1554.
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Sebastian Münster: Die neüwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient, bey dem Landt Indie ligen.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1578)
The first map to show the New World as an entity. Earliest appearance of Japan on a map, predating European contact. First appearance of Mare Pacificum on a map.Sebastian Münster's...
Die neüwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient, bey dem Landt Indie...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the American continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1578.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser Tafel verzeichnet
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In South East Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...
Die Länder Asie nach ihrer gelegenheit bisz in India, werden in diser...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser tafel verzeichnet
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1550)
The earliest printed map of the Asian Continent. Asia is shown from the Caspian Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In Southeast Asia the islands Java Major and Minor are named, also Borneo and the Moluccas...
Die Länger Asie nach irer gelegenheit bisz in Indiam werden in disser...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the Asian continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Das Heilig Judischland mit ausztheilung der Zwolff Geschlechter
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early and beautiful map of the Holy Land by Sebastian Munster. Showing the area between Gaza and Beirut with numerous figural representations: The route of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt,...
Das Heilig Judischland mit ausztheilung der Zwolff Geschlechter
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Israel. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist genent worden
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early, decorative woodcut map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Sebastian Münster. To the left of the map a cartouche with explanatory text in 10 lines about pepper, above a large elephant representation....
Sumatra ein grosse Insel, so von den alten Geographen Taprobana, ist...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Taprobana, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to London in the lower right. The title on verso is surrounded by a...
Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of Franconia by Sebastian Münster oriented to the South. Showing the region around the river Main. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German...
Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Franconia, Bavaria. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the South. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to London in the lower right. The title on verso is surrounded by a...
Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingschlosznen Landschafften
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Landtaffel etlicher Göwen des Schwabenlandes ...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of Southern Germany by Sebastian Münster. Shows the region of Swabia between the rivers Altmühl, Danube, Jagst and Brenz with Nördlingen in the center. From the German edition of...
Landtaffel etlicher Göwen des Schwabenlandes ...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Lacus Constantiensis XX. Tab. Nova
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 [1542]
Very early and large woodcut map of the Lake Constance (Bodensee) by Sebastian Münster. First published in 1540, this example comes from Münster's Geographia printed 1542 by Heinrich Petri in...
Lacus Constantiensis XX. Tab. Nova
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Lake Constance, Bodensee. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.
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Sebastian Münster: Das Kunigreich Engelland, mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland, so vor zeiten Albion und...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early, unusual woodcut map of England, oriented to the East. Sebastian Munster's map was the first separately printed map of England and a landmark in the history of British maps. The map...
Das Kunigreich Engelland, mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland, so vor...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of England. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Das gantz Franckreich, so vor zeiten Gallia Narbonensis, Lugdunensis, Belgica und Celtica ist...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of France by Sebastian Münster. With the southern part of England. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...
Das gantz Franckreich, so vor zeiten Gallia Narbonensis, Lugdunensis,...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of France. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
Early woodcut map of Eastern Europe by Sebastian Munster. Showing the area between Poland, Austria and Croatia in the West, over Ukraine and from Moscow to Istanbul (Constantinople) in the East The...
Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Eastern Europe. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei
Heinrich Petri, Basel, 1540 [1578]
Frühe Holzschnittkarte von Osteuropa von Sebastian Münster. Mit Polen, Ungarn, Österreich und Kroatien im Westen über Moskau bis Istanbul (Konstantinopel) im Osten. Rückseitig Titel umgeben von...
Landtafel des Ungerlands, Polands, Reussen, Littaw, Walachei, Bulgarei
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antike Holzschnitt-Landkarte von Osteuropa. Gedruckt bei Heinrich Petri im Jahre 1578 in Basel.
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Sebastian Münster: Hispania nach aller seiner gelegenheit, in Bergen, Wassern, Stetten, Volckern, Künigreichen und...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1540 (1574)
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...
Hispania nach aller seiner gelegenheit, in Bergen, Wassern, Stetten,...
1540 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Tabula Europae IIII
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1542
Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Beautiful woodcut border with the title Germaniam Magnam on verso. From Münster's Ptolemy Geographia published in 1542 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
Tabula Europae IIII
1542 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.
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Sebastian Münster: Germania. VI Nova Tabula
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1542
Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Beautiful woodcut border with the title Germania on verso. From Münster's Ptolemy Geographia published in 1542 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
Germania. VI Nova Tabula
1542 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1542.
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Sebastian Münster: Rheinstroms Ursprung sampt dem Schweytzerland und anstossenden Ländern. / Die ander Tafel des...
Sebastian Henric Petri, Basle, 1544 (1580)
The earliest monumental maps 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...
Rheinstroms Ursprung sampt dem Schweytzerland und anstossenden Ländern....
1544 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the Rhine River. Printed in Basle by Sebastian Henric Petri in 1580.
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Sebastian Münster: Europa, das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
Basle, circa 1545
Attractive woodcut map showing the European continent with South on top. From a German edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian Munster printed from Petri in Basel around 1545. Beautiful woodcut with...
Europa, das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
1545 - Sebastian Münster
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Old coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle circa 1545.
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Sebastian Münster: Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, circa 1545
Early woodcut map of Franconia by Sebastian Münster. The map is oriented to the south. Shows the region around the river Main. Centred around Schweinfurt, with Bamberg, Würzburg, Nürnberg and...
Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
1545 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Franconia, Bavaria. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri circa 1545.
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Sebastian Münster: Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften
Heinrich Petri, Basle, circa 1545
Early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the south. Showing the region from Croatia in the upper left to Lübeck and Hamburg in the north. Beautiful woodcut border with the...
Teütschland mit seinem gantzen begriff und eingeschlossnen landschafften
1545 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Germany. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri circa 1545.
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