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Cosmographia
(Cosmography)
The great work by Sebastian Münster
First published in 1544,
Cosmographia was both
the earliest German description of the World and a major contribution
to the
revival of geographic thought during the Renaissance. Ostensibly the work of
Sebastian Münster - a Hebrew scholar,
cartographer and cosmographer - the
geographic work within Cosmographia also owes much to the earlier work of
Ptolemy.
Many prominent artists from the German Renaissance
contributed to the illustrations appearing through Cosmographia,
including Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch and
David Kandel.
During a century of publication, 24 editions of
Cosmographia were produced. It was translated beyond the original
German
into numerous languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English and Czech.
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Ptolemeische General Tafel
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Complete map
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Detail showing mythical winds |
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These combined leaves are from the 1614
German
edition of Cosmographia published in Basel by H Petri.
On these leaves, a map of the World
based upon information derived from the work of Ptolomy appears
with
wonderful hand colouring. The map is presented with
mythical winds - based upon Greek mythology.
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Les monstres marins &
terrestres, lesquelz on trouue en beaucoup de lieux es parties
septentrionales
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Complete illustration
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Detail showing one of the many Sea
Monsters depicted |
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These combined leaves are from a late-16th
Century French
edition of Cosmographia published in Basel by H Petri.
On these leaves, we see one of the most
famous Renaissance illustrations of mythical sea monsters. In one
vignette (that shown in detail above), a galleon is depicted trying
to outrun a monster by throwing its cargo overboard whilst a sailor
take aim with a musket. Numerous other vignettes are depicted as are
other monsters with tusks, horns and spouts abounding.
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