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C1542
Ptolemeisch General Tafel begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt
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Map of the world according to Ptomley surrounded by windheads and clouds. Terra Australis Ingcognita is shown as a continuous and an undefined land mass. Ptomley’s view of the world became the basis of European thought and map making after … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Ptolemeisch General Tafel begreiffend die halbe Kugel der Welt
Date:
C1542
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
Sebastian Munster
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
345mm
x 255mm
Frame Size:
770mm
x 690mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1542
Description:
Map of the world according to Ptomley surrounded by windheads and clouds. Terra Australis Ingcognita is shown as a continuous and an undefined land mass. Ptomley’s view of the world became the basis of European thought and map making after a copy of his Geographia was brought into Italy in the 1400’s, this continued until the late 1500’. Sebastian Munster was a Professor of Hebrew at Basle University and an eminent hebraist, mathematician and geographer. He produced his own edition of Ptomlemy’s Geographia in 1540, adding a number of significantly new maps to the modern section of the work. Shirley 76 Clancy 61
Sebastian Munster (1488 - 1552)
Sebastian Munster (1488-1552) was an important German cartographer, cosmographer and Hebrew scholar who is best known for his 1540 Latin translation and publication of Ptolemy's Geography titled, Cosmographia. Prior to the introduction of printing for books, of works such as Ptolemy's groundbreaking Geography, they could only be copied individually by scribes, consequently this slow process inhibited the dissemination of geographic knowledge to a wide audience. As information became available especially of the new world, Munster found that Ptolemy's theories were contradicted by these new discoveries that were related to him by ships captains and explorers. One such theory was a land locked Indian Ocean which Ptolemy had shown in his Geography and which was being disproved by the trading ships returning from China and the Spice Islands with their precious cargos. As a result Munster began to add new maps to his own Cosmographia that reflected these new discoveries and made available to a wider audience this changing knowledge of the world.
