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Europa regina by Sebastian Münster
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Europa regina by Sebastian Münster

Sebastian Münster: Cosmographey das ist Beschreibung Aller Länder herrschafften und für-nemesten Stetten des gantzen Erdbodens. Sebastianus Henripetri, Basel 1598, p. xli. See the edition from 1598: Europe is illustrated as a queen, an illustration that was published in Munster`s Cosmographia since 1588 and originally was created in 1534 by Johannes Bucius. The crown and the head are formed by Spain, England and Scotland are isles at the sceptre, the upper body build Gallia and Germania, the arms are Denmark and Italy with Sicilia as an orb, the lower body is built by the states Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Scythia and others. On the front- side you see the nice coloured view, on the back-side there is a general description in German.

Date
1598
Mapmaker / publisher
Sebastian Munster
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
4,512 × 7,212 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 70 years ago.

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"Europa regina by Sebastian Münster" (1598). Sebastian Munster, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europa_regina_by_Sebastian_M%C3%BCnster.jpg

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