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: Von der Insel Giava
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early depiction of cannibalism in Southeast Asia. Verso a view of Pego. Transcription of the text to the right of the woodcut:In etlichen Stetten dieser Inseln frißt man Menschenfleisch,...
Von der Insel Giava
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Woodcut of a historical scene. Cannibalism. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Cyria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / Chaldea und zwey Arabia mit Bergen Wassern...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early, attractive woodcut map of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Covering the area between northern Syria and the Red Sea, with Cyprus, the Holy Land, Jordan and parts of the Iraq....
Cyria / Cypern / Palestina / Mesopotamia / Babylonia / Chaldea und zwey...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Israel. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Heylige Statt Jerusalem / contrafehtet nach form und gestalt wie sie zu unsern zeiten...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of Jerusalem by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder...
Die Heylige Statt Jerusalem / contrafehtet nach form und gestalt wie sie...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Jerusalem. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Accon oder Ptolemais
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of the ancient city of Akko (Acre) in Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung...
Accon oder Ptolemais
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Acre, Akko. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: [Babylon]
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of the Tower of Babel. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , on the full page. The sheet was published 1574...
[Babylon]
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Tower of Babel, Babylon, Iraq. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: [Asia Minor]
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early, attractive woodcut map of Turkey. On lower right with Cyprus. On the full sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller...
[Asia Minor]
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Asia Minor. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Cyprus
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early, attractive woodcut map of Cyprus. On the full page. The map of the island is a reduction of that of Matheo Pagano in all its geographical features, but only three place names are marked:...
Cyprus
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Cyprus. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Contrafestung der Statt Famagusta
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Famagusta, Cyprus. On the full page. Based on the view of Braun and Hogenberg of 1572. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder...
Contrafestung der Statt Famagusta
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Famagusta. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Neuw Griechenlandt, mit andern anstossenden Landern, wie es zu unsern zeiten beschriben ist
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of Greece by Sebastian Münster. Showing Greece with western Turkey. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...
Neuw Griechenlandt, mit andern anstossenden Landern, wie es zu unsern...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Greece. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Constantinopel des Griechischen Keyserthumbs Hauptstatt, im Lande Thracia am Moere gelegen
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
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 Lande...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Istanbul, Constantinople. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Lydia oder Meonia
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of the ancient city of Sardis, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia, today the western part of Anatolia. The woodcut shows the destroyed city after an earthquake. From the...
Lydia oder Meonia
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Sardis, Lydia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Von dem Land Europa, das zu unsern zeiten die Christenheit under im begreifft, und etwas von der...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Small, early woodcut map of Europe by Sebastian Münster. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder ,...
Von dem Land Europa, das zu unsern zeiten die Christenheit under im...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
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 to the east...
Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden, nach gelegenheit unsern zeiten.
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Coloured woodcut map of the European continent. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Die Eydtgnoschafft oder Schwytzerland, mit den anstossenden Landern / Die ander Tafel desz...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of the course of the river Rhine in three sheets. The first large map of the river Rhine by Sebastian Munster. Printed from three woodblocks, not assembled. Shows the river Rhine...
Die Eydtgnoschafft oder Schwytzerland, mit den anstossenden Landern /...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Rhine river. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Beschreibung des Lands Pomern, sampt allen Hertzogthumben, Graueschafften und fürnemmen Stetten...
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of the Pomerania by Sebastian Munster. Showing the coastal line of the Baltic Sea from Rügen, Usedom to Danzig (Gdansk). With nine coat of arms on top. From the German edition of...
Beschreibung des Lands Pomern, sampt allen Hertzogthumben,...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Rugen, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Schlesia nach aller gelegenheit in Wassern, Stetten, Bergen, mit sampt andern anstossenden Ländern.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of Silesia, Poland by Sebastian Münster oriented to the East. The title on verso is surrounded by a beautiful woodcut border. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...
Schlesia nach aller gelegenheit in Wassern, Stetten, Bergen, mit sampt...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Silesia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Eyfalia
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of the Eifel by Sebastian Münster. The south-oriented map shows the course of the Rhine from Ingelheim, Bonn and Cologne to Dusseldorf with the Hunsrück, Eifel and adjacent...
Eyfalia
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Beschreibung Teutscher Nation.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Small, early woodcut map of Germany by Sebastian Münster. Showing the region from Bohemia to Holland. On the full text sheet. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled...
Beschreibung Teutscher Nation.
1574 - 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: Beschreibung des Rheinstroms auff der Gallier Seiten, von dem undern Elsasz bisz gehn Menz.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early, small woodcut map of the river Rhine by Sebastian Münster. Showing the course of the river Rhine from Strasbourg to Mainz. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled...
Beschreibung des Rheinstroms auff der Gallier Seiten, von dem undern...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of the Rhine. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: [Aachen] Vo dem Hertzogthumb Brabad, und seinen fürnembsten Stetten
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut view of Aachen by Sebastian Münster. Verso a woodcut map the eastern part of Belgium with Brussels (Bruxelles) and the course of the river Rhine with Bonn, Cologne and Wesel. On the...
[Aachen] Vo dem Hertzogthumb Brabad, und seinen fürnembsten Stetten
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Belgien, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Franckenland in Germania. Wo die Francken zum ersten herkommen seind.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of the Franconia region by Sebastian Münster. Oriented to the south. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller...
Franckenland in Germania. Wo die Francken zum ersten herkommen seind.
1574 - 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: Beschreibung des Hessenlands, so zu unsern Zeiten die Landgraveschafft von Hessen genant wirt.
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Early woodcut map of the Hesse by Sebastian Münster. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmography, titled Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder , published 1574 by Heinrich...
Beschreibung des Hessenlands, so zu unsern Zeiten die Landgraveschafft...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut map of Hesse. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Franckfurt am Mayn die fuernemest und gemeinest Gewerbstatt Teutscher Nation
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of the fortified city of Frankfurt am Main by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Decorated with ships on the Main river. From the German edition of Sebastian...
Franckfurt am Mayn die fuernemest und gemeinest Gewerbstatt Teutscher...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Frankfurt am Main. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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Sebastian Münster: Colonia Agrippina, das ist Coeln, bey den Alten und zu unsern zeiten ein mechtige Reichstatt
Heinrich Petri, Basle, 1574
Large, early woodcut view of the fortified city of Cologne by Sebastian Munster on the full double sheet. Decorated with ships on the Rhine river. From the German edition of Sebastian Münster's...
Colonia Agrippina, das ist Coeln, bey den Alten und zu unsern zeiten ein...
1574 - Sebastian Münster
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Antique woodcut town view of Cologne. Printed in Basle by Heinrich Petri in 1574.
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