Europae Tabula. Europe. Orientated south. SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER 1572 old map

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Europae Tabula [Europe]. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Sebastian Münster. Provenance: "Cosmographiae Universalis Lib VI. In Quibus Iuxta Certioris Fidei Scriptores…" Authore Sebastiano Munstero. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Caes. Maiest. Basileae, ex Officina Henricpetrina. Type: Antique 16th century woodcut map. One of the earliest maps of the European continent. It is unusually orientated, with north at the bottom of the sheet and the Mediterranean Sea at top. A large sailing galleon is shown in the Bay of Biscay. Sebastian Munster was the first cartographer to make individual maps of each continent

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Size: 8915px × 6904px
Location: Europe
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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