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An early Münster wood cut view of the Ottoman-controlled city of Algiers, depicting its attempted storming by forces under Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1541. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), was a famous German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. From a Latin edition of Münster's "Cosmographia," first published in German in 1544. Münster's work was the earliest German description of the world. It had numerous editions in different languages, and was one of the most successful and popular works of the 16th century. Double-sided, single paged, full text on one side, half text and uncolored map on reverse. Page numbers included. Latin text. Woodcut on paper. 19 cm. x 15 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Item: De Africae Regionibus
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Original image part of the Maps of Africa, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: 2019-336, Münster_De Africae Regionibus_1558_UTA_2019-336
Identifier: 20086392
Title: De Africae Regionibus
Creator: Münster, Sebastian (Cartographer)
Description: An early Münster wood cut view of the Ottoman-controlled city of Algiers, depicting its attempted storming by forces under Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1541. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), was a famous German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. From a Latin edition of Münster's "Cosmographia," first published in German in 1544. Münster's work was the earliest German description of the world. It had numerous editions in different languages, and was one of the most successful and popular works of the 16th century. Double-sided, single paged, full text on one side, half text and uncolored map on reverse. Page numbers included. Latin text. Woodcut on paper. 19 cm. x 15 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1558
Coverage: 1550s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Cosmographia, Ottoman Empire, Woodcuts
Location: Algeria (Africa)
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: Latin
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: De Africae Regionibus
Creator: Münster, Sebastian (Cartographer)
Description: An early Münster wood cut view of the Ottoman-controlled city of Algiers, depicting its attempted storming by forces under Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1541. Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), was a famous German cartographer, cosmographer, and a Christian Hebraist scholar. From a Latin edition of Münster's "Cosmographia," first published in German in 1544. Münster's work was the earliest German description of the world. It had numerous editions in different languages, and was one of the most successful and popular works of the 16th century. Double-sided, single paged, full text on one side, half text and uncolored map on reverse. Page numbers included. Latin text. Woodcut on paper. 19 cm. x 15 cm. [Gift of Dr. Jack Franke]
Date Created: 1558
Coverage: 1550s
Category: Cartography - Maps and Atlases
Subject Term: Maps, Africa, Cosmographia, Ottoman Empire, Woodcuts
Location: Algeria (Africa)
Collection: Maps of Africa
Language: Latin
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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