1628 Munster Leaf World Section Surveying Triangulation - eBay Pre-1900, World Maps, Maps, Atlases Globes, Antiques. (end time 08-Jan-10 15:55:39 AEDST)

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This finely engraved original antique leaf from the World section of Munsters Cosmographia - illustrating the method of surveying using triangulation - was published in the 1628 last edition of Sebastian Munsters Cosmographia, Basle.

Sebastian Petri re-release of Cosomgraphia in 1588 produced some fine woodcut maps in the "copperplate style". The maps in this release were more sophisticated than with earlier publications of Cosomgraphia and were based on the 1570 release of Abraham Ortelius monumental work Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

Munster's dominance of the cartographic market was relatively short lived once Ortelius produced his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1570. Munster's somewhat naive engravings of the world, continents and countries were revised and re-published by Sebastian Petri with more sophisticated maps in 1588, using the Ortelius Atlas as a guide. In Munsters defense though, he had little in the way of examples or reference to help produce what was the first comprehensive atlas of the known world. (Ref: M&B; Tooley)

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Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color: - off white
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Paper size: - 14in x 9in (355mm x 230mm)
Margins: - Min ½in (12mm)

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Verso: - Age toning

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Sebastian Munster 1489 – 1552

After Waldseemuller three names dominated cartography in the 16^th century; Mercator, Ortelius & Munster, and of these three Munster probably had the widest influence in spreading geographical knowledge throughout Europe in the middle years of the century. His Cosmographica, issued in 1544, contained not only the latest views of many well known cities, but included an encyclopedic amount of detail about the known – and unknown – world and undoubtedly must have been one of the most widely read books of its time, going through nearly forty editions in six languages.
An eminent German mathematician and linguist, Munster became professor of Hebrew at Heidelberg and later at Basle, where he settled in 1529. In 1528, following his first mapping of Germany, he appealed to German scholars to send him descriptions, so that all Germany with its villages, towns, trades etc. may be seen in a `mirror`, even going so far as to give instructions on how they should map their own localities. The response was far greater than expected and much information was sent by foreigners as well as Germans so that, eventually, he was able to include many up-to-date, if not very accurate, maps in his atlases. He was the first to provide a separate map of each of the four known continents and the first separately printed map of England.
His maps, printed from woodblocks, are now greatly valued by collectors. His two major works, the Geographia and Cosmographia were published in Basle by his step-son, Henri Petri, who continued to issue many editions after Munsters death of the plague in 1552.

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