1545 – S. Munster – Europa

Title:                     “Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden nach Gelegenheit unsern Zeiten​.”​
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Description:

One of the earliest printed maps of the European continent of oriented to the south. Shows the continent from Constantinople and Greece to the east and Spain to the southwest. With Denmark, England, Scotland and Ireland to the bottom of the map. Decorated with a beautiful sailing ship.

Map comes from the German edition of Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography, titled “Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder…”, published in 1545 by Heinrich Petri in Basel.

Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Sheet size:               38,6 x 29,9 cm
Year:                        1545
Technique:             woodblock

Condition:
Reasonable condition. Beautiful hand coloring. A few middle fold and marginal restorations present. Lower left corner’s split restored.

 

This is an original  antique map published in 1545 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

 

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity