Sebastian Munster (1489-1552)


  • Sebastian Munster: Asien. In: Cosmographia, Beschreibung aller Lender. Basel 1546. (private collection)

    • First separate map of Asia, preceding that in the Geographia by two years. Lutz Walter (Japan - a Cartographic Vision) suggests that the "terra incognita" in the upper right may represent Japan. Based on Ptolemy's geography.

  • Sebastian Munster: Asien. In: Cosmographia, Beschreibung aller Laender. Basel 1546.
    (private collection)
    • Greatly modified, including details from the Travels of Marco Polo.
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