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Europe As A Queen Sebastian Munster 1570
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Europe As A Queen Sebastian Munster 1570

Map of Europe as a queen. In Sebastian Münster: Cosmographia, Das ist Beschreibung der ganzen Welt. Henricus Petri, Basel 1628, p. 54. See the edition from 1628: 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
1628
Mapmaker / publisher
Sebastian Münster
Place
Hungary
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
924 × 1,450 pixels

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"Europe As A Queen Sebastian Munster 1570" (1628). Sebastian Münster, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_As_A_Queen_Sebastian_Munster_1570.jpg

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