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: 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: 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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Sebastian Münster: [Nile River delta] / Bacchus
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
Early woodcut map of the Nile River delta by Sebastian Münster. Shows the Mediterranean coast with parts of the Gulf of Suez. With Alexandria in the West, Cairo with the Pyramids of Giza in the...
[Nile River delta] / Bacchus
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Nile River. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: [Holy Land, Cyprus]
Petri, Basle, circa 1550
Attractive coloured woodcut map showing the Holy Land with Cyprus. With a ship and a sea monster. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian Munster.
[Holy Land, Cyprus]
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Cyprus, Israel, Palestine. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Heylige Statt Jerusalem ...
Petri, Basle, circa 1550
Decorative coloured woodcut view of Jerusalem by Sebastian Münster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with Mount Zion in background.
Die Heylige Statt Jerusalem ...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut town view of Jerusalem. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Noua Graecia secundum omnes eius regiones & prouincias citra ultra & Hellespontum
Petri, Basle, circa 1550
Beautiful coloured woodcut map of Greece with the western part of Turkey. From an edition of "Cosmographiae Universalis" by Sebastian Münster.
Noua Graecia secundum omnes eius regiones & prouincias citra ultra &...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Turkey. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Constantinopel des Griechischen Keyserthumbs Hauptstatt, im Lande Thracia am Meere gelegen
Petri, Basle, circa 1550
Attractive coloured woodcut view of Constantinople, today Istanbul, by Sebastian Munster. From a German edition of the "Cosmographey". Showing the city from birdeye perspective with dozens of ships...
Constantinopel des Griechischen Keyserthumbs Hauptstatt, im Lande...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Istanbul, Constantinople. Printed in Basle by Petri circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Constantinopel des Griechischen Keyserthumbs hauptstatt im land Thracia am Moere gelegen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
Large, early woodcut view of Constantinople, today Istanbul, by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Decorated with many ships. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography,...
Constantinopel des Griechischen Keyserthumbs hauptstatt im land Thracia...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Istanbul, Constantinople. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
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...
Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Von dem Land Europa, das zu unsern zeiten die Christenheit begreifft unnd etwas von der Türckey.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
Small, early woodcut map of Europe by Sebastian Münster. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, published in 1550 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
Von dem Land Europa, das zu unsern zeiten die Christenheit begreifft...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1550
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...
Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Helvetiae moderna descriptio
Basle, circa 1550
Woodcut map showing Switzerland, South Germany and the Lake Constance. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster.
Helvetiae moderna descriptio
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Switzerland. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Secunda Rheni tabula
Basle, circa 1550
Woodcut map showing the Rhein from Strasburg up to Coblenz and Luxembourg. From a Latin edition of Cosmographia from Sebastian Munster.
Secunda Rheni tabula
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Rhine. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms innhaltend das Nider Teutschlandt
Basle, circa 1550
Early, attractive west oriented woodcut map showing the lower part of Rhine from Bonn / Cologne in South up to Amsterdam / Rotterdam in Northwest. From a German edition of Cosmographia from...
Die dritte Tafel des Rheinstroms innhaltend das Nider Teutschlandt
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Holland. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten, Wassern, Bergen, Walden und...
Basle, circa 1550
Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany / Bavaria around the river Main. With Nuremberg, Coburg, oriented to the South. From a German edition of Cosmographia from...
Franckenland am Main, beschriben nach aller gelegenheit in Stetten,...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Franken. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald, Otenwald, und Nordgow.
Basle, circa 1550
Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany around Ulm. Covering the area beween the Lake Constance, Strasbourg, Bamberg and Passau, oriented to the South. From a German...
Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald,...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald, Otenwald, und Nordgow.
Basle, circa 1550
Early, attractive woodcut map covering the southern part of Germany around Ulm. Covering the area beween the Lake Constance, Strasbourg, Bamberg and Passau, oriented to the South. From a German...
Schwaben und Bayerlandt darbey auch Begriffen werden Schwartzwald,...
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique map of Swabia, Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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Sebastian Münster: [Bodnsee]
Basle, circa 1550
Early, attractive woodcut map of the Lake Constance by Sebastian Munster. Covering the area around the Lake Constance between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. With two ships on the lake. From a...
[Bodnsee]
1550 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the Lake Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg. Printed in Basle circa 1550.
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