Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Figura del Mondo Universale.
Title in Translation:
World map.
Publication Place:
Basel
Publisher:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Publication Date:
1550
Cartographer:
Munster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Engraver:
Kandel, David, 1524-1596
Artist:
Kandel, David, 1524-1596
Physical Description:
Woodcut
Height:
25 cm.
Width:
37 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
Latin edition of Munster's map. Round-shaped world map surrounded by the heads of wind gods, blowing their winds towards the earth. Several sea monsters occupy the waters.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
16th c.
Norwich Number:
4
Call Number:
NOR 0004
Source:
Cosmographia (1550)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0004, p. 7
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Figura del Mondo Universale.