COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Munster, Sebastian, 1448–1552
Date:
1572
Short Title:
Barbaria Africa minor Libya interior
Publisher:
Henric Petrina
Publisher Location:
Basle
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
39
World Area:
Africa
Region:
West Africa and North Africa.
Full Title:
Barbaria Africa minor Libya interior
List No:
15058.240
Page No:
1231
Series No:
240
Publication Author:
Munster, Sebastian, 1448–1552
Pub Date:
1572
Pub Title:
Cosmographiae Universalis Lib. VI In Quibus Iuxta Certioris Fidel Scriptores...
Pub Reference:
For the full text see JCB copy (a good copy for the text but the mapss and views are lacking parts of the center folds) https://archive.org…
Pub Note:
"The Cosmographia ("Cosmography") from 1544 by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) is the earliest German-language description of the world It had numerous editions in different languages including Latin, French (translated by François de Belleforest), Italian and Czech. Only extracts have been translated into English. The last German edition was published in 1628, long after Munster's death. The Cosmographia was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years. This success was due to the notable woodcuts (some by Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, and David Kandel). It was most important in reviving geography in 16th-century Europe. Among the notable maps within Cosmographia is the map "Tabula novarum insularum", which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete. Munster's Geographia (first published in 1540) and his later Cosmographia were cartographic landmarks. The Geographia included not only Ptolemaic maps, but also a number of landmark modern maps, including the first separate maps of the 4 continents, the first map of England and the earliest obtainable map of Scandinavia. The Cosmographia (first published in 1544) was the earliest German description of the world and a major work in the revival of geographic thought in 16th-century Europe. Altogether, about 40 editions of the Cosmographia appeared between 1544 and 1628. His earlier geographic works were Germania descriptio (1530) and Mappa Europae (1536). In 1540, he published a Latin edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with illustrations" (Wikipedia) For our copy of Munster's Ptolemy see our 11623.000
Pub List No:
15058.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
78
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
15058240.jp2
Authors:
Munster, Sebastian, 1448–1552
