Cyprus/Near East, & text on Cyprus. - Syrie avec les prouinces |
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Description
This woodblock map depicts Cyprus and the region between the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Rivers, mountain ranges, and a few place names are shown, including Babylon, Tripoli and Damascus. On a full sheet of French text.
Sebastian Münster, a German geographer, cartographer, Hebraist, and
theologian, was born in Ingelheim, near Mainz In 1505, he went to
Heidelberg to enter the Franciscan order. In 1507 he went to Louvain,
where he studied mathematics, geography, and astronomy. In 1509 Münster
became a student of Konrad Pelikan, who taught Hebrew and Greek as well
as mathematics and cosmography. In 1518 he completed his studies at the
University of Tübingen. He was the favorite of the famous mathematician
and astronomer Johann Stöffler.
In 1524 Münster was appointed professor of Hebrew at Heidelberg
University. In 1525 he published his first map as part of a broadside:
The Instrument of the Suns combined a map, calendar, astrological almanac, sundial, and nocturnal on one attractive sheet, suitable for wall mounting.
In 1540 he published a Latin edition of Ptolemy's Geographia with
illustrations. He based this edition on the Latin translation by
Willibald Pirkheimer and produced new maps to supplement the Ptolemaic
maps. The twenty-seven maps of the Ptolemaic canon are supplemented by
twenty-one new maps. Further editions appeared in 1541 and 1542.
In 1544 he published the Cosmographia, a bulky book with 659
pages and some 520 woodcuts. Maps in this edition included three maps
from the Ptolemaic canon and fourteen modern maps (from previous
editions of the Geographia), as well as nine new maps. Later editions (1545, 1546, 1548) enlarged the Cosmographia.
The 1550 edition contains cities, portraits, and costumes. These
editions in both Latin and German constitute the full fruition of
Münster's dream of a comprehensive geography.
The Cosmographia was one of the most successful works of the 16th
century. It passed through 24 editions in 100 years, in different
languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English, and even Czech.
The last German edition was published in 1628.
He died at Basel of the plague in 1552.
As a cartographer, Münster deserves special recognition for formulating a
plan for a comprehensive and uniform map of a country. As a geographer,
his greatest achievement was the Cosmographia. (Karrow).
Reference: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.MUN-1d #118. https://books.google.it/books?id=JA5mAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT461&lpg=PT461&dq=munster+sebastian+Cyprus,+L'Isle+de+Cypre&source=bl&ots=AR3kNDU2l5&sig=ACfU3U2ggdVe97vxK6QkYpRmVLDicjLvLA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt3_nH98_1AhUZAWMBHSFtBgsQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=munster sebastian Cyprus, L'Isle de Cypre&f=false
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