Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Fair
Confirmed: No
Date Acquired: 29/05/2023
Dealers ID No.: 19219
Description: Sebastian Münster was a German mapmaker, cosmographer and professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel. Among his publications was a Latin edition of Claudius Ptolemys Geographia, first published in Basel in 1540. This edition included twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps and twenty-one modern maps.nFour years later, in 1544, Münster produced Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder (commonly known by its Latin title Cosmographia universalis), an expansive and comprehensive work that incorporated a blend of geographical, historical, and cultural content. Initially published in German in 1544, it was later translated into Latin (1550) and French (1552) becoming one of the most widely read books of the sixteenth century.nFollowing Münsters death in 1552, his stepson Henric Petri continued to publish editions of the Cosmographia until his own death in 1579. Subsequently, the publishing business passed to Sebastian Petri, who in 1588 commissioned a new set of woodblocks for the Cosmographia universalis. The revised edition incorporated updated maps, many of which were based on Abraham Orteliuss groundbreaking 1570 atlas.nThis world map, featured in the 1592 German edition of Cosmographia universalis, is embellished with ornate acanthus leaf designs in each corner and panels of text at the top and bottom. Departing from the traditional Ptolemaic model, Munsters world map replaces the speculative Terra Australis Incognita (Unknown Southern Land) often found on maps of the period with Terra Australis non dum cognita (Southern Land Not Yet Known). nAt the top right of Terra Australis non dum cognita and south of Java is a protruding peninsula with the names Beach, Lucaoh and Maletur, derived from Marco Polos travel account. At the top left, New Guinea is depicted reflecting the limited knowledge of the region at the time.nNorth America is shown with massive inland sea, later known as the "Verrazano Sea," based on Giovanni da Verrazzanos mistaken belief that the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds were part of the Pacific Ocean. On the right of the map, Magellans ship Victoria is shown, paying homage to his historic circumnavigation of the globe between 1519 and 1522.
Engraver: Hogenberg, Frans
First published: Münster, Sebastian Cosmographei oder beschreibung aller länder…, Basel: Sebastian Petri, 1588
Image Size (cm): 36×30.8
Mapmaker: Münster, Sebastian (1488-1552)
Notes: Purchase details
Other states: First (1588) German
Price: 3000
Primary Category: World
Purchase Reference: Ledger
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
Sheet size (cm): 38×32.5
Shirley ID #: 163 Mapping the World
Technique: Woodcut
This state: 1592, Second
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