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MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Africa, Libya, Morland, mit allen künigsreichen so zu unsern zeiten darin gefunden werden. Basel: S. Münster, 1550.
Woodcut map of Africa, image 255 x 341 mm (303 x 377 mm sheet). German text on verso. (Some minor worming and minor marginal staining.)
From an early edition of Münster's Cosmographia, with "xiii" at bottom of text on verso. First published in 1540, this was the first widely disseminated map to show the entire continent. The same woodcut was used in all editions of the Geographia and Cosmographia. Betz 3; Norwich 2; See Tooley African Continent p. 85.
Woodcut map of Africa, image 255 x 341 mm (303 x 377 mm sheet). German text on verso. (Some minor worming and minor marginal staining.)
From an early edition of Münster's Cosmographia, with "xiii" at bottom of text on verso. First published in 1540, this was the first widely disseminated map to show the entire continent. The same woodcut was used in all editions of the Geographia and Cosmographia. Betz 3; Norwich 2; See Tooley African Continent p. 85.