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FRANCE c. 1548 SEBASTIAN MUNSTER UNUSUAL ANTIQUE WOOD ENGRAVED MAP 16TH CENTURY

Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. His work, the Cosmographia. Was the earliest description of the world. Sebastian Munster was one of the most influential cartographers in …

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France 1578 Sebastian Munster Large Unusual Antique Map 16th Century

Title of the map. Das gantze Franckreich/ so vorzeiten Narbonensis, Lugdunensis, Belgica und Celtica ist genennt worden. Cosmographie Universelle du Monde de Sebastian Munster, German edition, 1 578, by Henri Pierre or Heinrich Petri, Basle, 16th Century. Size of the …

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France Bourgogne Burgundy 1628 Jansson Large Unusual Antique Map 17th Century

Title of the map. “BURGUNDIAE COMITATUS, FRANCHE COMTE”. With a part of Swiss whith Genève. Size with margins : 58 x 48,7 cm / 22,8 x 18,8 inches. Edition : Amsterdam, 1628, XVIIe Century, Latin edition. Condition : good condition, …

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