Engellandt / mit dem Anstossenden Reich Schottlandt Munster 1575
Titel: Engellandt / mit dem Anstossenden Reich Schottlandt /so vorzeiten Albion und Britannia haben Geheissen. Description: 16th century antique map of England (Albion Britannia) and a part of Scotland with the coast of Ireland based upon Ortelius' map of 1570. Map shows 2 sea monsters and sailing ships.
Cartographer: Sebastian Munster (1488-1552) Sebastian worked as a lecturer at the University of the Franciscan Order in Tübingen, where he studied astrology to the famous astronomer Johannes Stöffler. in addition to his main work, the Cosmographia.
Origin: Book II of the Cosmographia, published by Heinrich Petri in Basel.
Publisher: Henricus Petrus (1508–1579) and his son Sebastian Henric Petri (1546, Basel – 1627, Basel) headed the printer shop of Basel (Basilea in Latin), called Officina Henricpetrina.
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Size app.: Sheet:. 13.25 x 14.75 inches. (38 x 33.5 cm.) Condition: Nice map in overall good condition for this age, some closed worm holes and marginal traces of age.
Image: 14 x 12 inches. (35.5 x 31 cm.)
Collection: Klaas Karl Kee - Historical Map Collection.
