1552 – S. Munster – Polonia et Ungaria XX Nova Tabula

Title:                      “Polonia et Ungaria XX Nova Tabula”​
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Description:
Very rare map of Eastern Europe including territories of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia with Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania and the Balkans. This is the only map to feature coordinate bars provided at top and bottom. The heraldic shield on the right side presents the Tatar empire, first it was used by Waldseemuller in 1507 world map, so probably it was Munster’s the primary source.

The map comes from Sebastian Münster & Claudius Ptolemy’s “Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Philosophi ac Mathematici praestantissimi, Libri VIII… his accesserunt… tabulae novae… per Sebastianum Munsterum”, published by Henricus Petri in Basel, 1552.

This work was considered one of the most influential cartographic accounts of the ancient world and served as inspiration for all Renaissance mapmakers.
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Cartographer:      Sebastian Munster​ (1488 – 1552)
Leaf size:                39,2 x 32,0 cm
Year:                         1552
Technique:            woodcut

Condition:
Very good, original, condition.
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This is an original antique map published in 1552 and NOT a modern copy or reprint