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Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)

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English: 1552 W. Marshall, London (abridged ed.); 1553 Edward Sutton, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1561 Lahon Awdely, London (ed. George North); 1572 Thomas Marche, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1574 Thomas Marche, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1577 Richard Jugge, London (ed. Richard Eden); 1885 Turnbull
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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
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Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken - Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster oder Wie man sich vor 500 Jahren die Welt vorstellte
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German: 1544 Basel, 1545 Basel, 1546, 1548, 1550, 1553, 1556, 1558, 1561, 1564, 1567, 1569, 1572, 1574, 1578, 1588, 1592, 1598, 1614, 1628
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is the map "Tabula novarum insularum", which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete.
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French: 1779 Ruault, Paris (ed. Nicolas Gobet); 1872 Librarie des Philosophes, Paris; 1883 A. Quantin, Paris.
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Book VI: Mauritania, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, South Africa, East Africa
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Book V: Asia Minor, Cyprus, Armenia, Palestine, Arabia, Persia, Central Asia, Afghanistan,
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Book II: England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg,
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Tabula novarum insularum" (Sebastian Münster), at the State Library of New South Wales.
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French: 1552 Basel, 1556, 1560, 1565, 1568, 1575 Paris (editor Francois de Belleforest).
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Book IV: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Russia,
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Tabula orientalis regionis, Asiae scilicet extremas complectens terras & regna
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The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster: Describing the World in the Reformation
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Some of its editions also contain one of the earliest preserved texts in the
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Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents, Pages from History
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Freiburg im Breisgau 1504 - 1803, Holzschnitte und Kupferstiche
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Book I: Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Geography, Cartography
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Sebastian Münster - Versuch eines biographischen Gesamtbildes
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It had numerous editions in different languages including
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As late as the 1598 edition, the content consisted of:
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Freiburg in der "Cosmographia" von Sebastian Münster
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Index


Basel
Heinrich Petri
Cosmography
Sebastian Münster
German
Latin
François de Belleforest
Czech
woodcuts
Hans Holbein the Younger
Urs Graf
Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch
David Kandel
Latvian language
Ptolemy
Geographia

Europa regina
Savoy
Trier
Alsace
Carniola
Istria
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Pomerania
Prussia
Livland

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