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La table de la region orientale comprenant les dernieres terres & royaumes d'Asie [cartographic material].
No full textMap of Asia with relief shown pictorially.; Plate from a French edition of Munster's Cosmographia Universalis published in Basel between 1552-1568.; On verso: Nouvel le table d'Indie et presque de toute l'Asie avec des isles infinies ...; Signature on verso: 12.; Dr. Helen Wallis, British Library.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internat at; http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2541; Also available in a digitised form via the Internet at http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=crux/a127;seq=14; See file 205/3/123 for information on source of the map
Description nouvelle des Gaules [cartographic material].
No full textMap of France with relief shown pictorially.; On verso: Le tres florissant royaume de France (ou des Gaules) c'est icy presente en ceste table ... 5.; Probably from: Cosmography /Sebastian Munster.; Shirley, 92.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2568
Nouvelle description de Poloigne & Hongrie
No full text16th centuryWoodblock relief print in ink with metal plate used for text.
Outline color.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in center of top in cartouche:
"Nouuelle description de Poloigne & Hongrie."
A description of the map is printed on the verso:
"Novs-Presenton Savx Lectevrsen ceste table la description de Poloigne & Hongrie…10."
Depicts Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia and the region east to "Moscovia". Also shows borders with Bosnia, Dalmatia and Bulgaria in the South and Prussia in the northeast. Major rivers, bodies of water as well as mountains, forests, and pictorial cities are shown.Sebastian Müenster (1489-1552) was a major writer, scholar, cosmographer and cartographer (Short, 108; Tooley, 454; Portinaro and Knirsch, 317). In 1505, Müenster entered a Franciscan order in Heidelberg. He later studied mathematics, geography, astronomy, cosmology and Hebrew. He produced 80 books on religion. He published several editions of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with many of his own woodcut maps including this map. Müenster was one of the first cartographers to make use of metal plates to print text on woodcut maps (Skelton, 39-40; Burden, 15-7). He also invited other mapmakers in Germany to send him maps of their local areas so that he could combine them into an accurate map of Germany. In 1544, he published his best known work "Cosmography" in Geneva. In its first edition, "Cosmography" contained 659 pages including 520 woodcut maps and drawings. In1548, this work contained 818 pages and 725 woodcuts. In 1550 the work contained 1,233 pages and 910 woodcuts. Throughout the sixteenth century this work was extremely influential and considered a major source of "geographical, historical, and scientific knowledge" (Short, 108-9). Müenster's work contains a heterogeneous set of knowledge including explanations of "the phoenix, goblins, and spirits." It also contains material discussing "the one-eyed and large-eared people who were supposed to inhabit parts of India," information about latitude and longitude, and royal genealogies. The work also contains maps of many different types including world maps, country maps, regional maps and city maps (Short, 109).
Source(s):
Burden, Philip D. "Mapping of North America: A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670." Ricmansworth, Herts.: Raleigh Publications, 1996.
Pierluigi, Portinaro and Franco Knirsch. "The Cartography of North America 1500-1800." New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987.
Short, John Rennie. "The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography." Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Ltd., 2003.
Skelton, R. A. "Decorative Printed Maps of the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries." London: Staple Press Ltd., 1952.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979
Pragmáticas, 1551-1552
No full textPragmática 1551-08-14: Valladolid, 14 de Agosto 1551.Pragmática 1552-04-23: Toro, 23 Abril 1552.El impresor consta en colofón : " Fue impreso en Alcala de Henares en casa de Ioan de Brocar, que santa gloria aya, a xvj. dias del mes de Iunio, Año del señor de mil y quinientos y cinquenta y dos"Sign.: A\p6\s.Texto en letra gótica con apostillas marginales.Portada con escudo real xilográfico
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