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Sebastian Munster: Helvetia Prima Rheni et V Nova Tabula [Switzerland]
Title: Helvetia Prima Rheni et V Nova Tabula [Switzerland] Map Maker: Sebastian Munster
Description: Excellent modern map of Switerland and the Alps, with north oriented to the right. One of the earliest obtainable maps of Switzerland. The map is unchanged from the 1540 edition. Munster's Geographia was a cartographic landmark, including not only Ptolemaic maps, but also a number of landmark modern maps, including the first separate maps of the 4 continents, the first map of England and the earliest obtainable map of Scandinavia. Munster dominated cartographic publication during the mid-16th Century. Munster is generally regarded as one of the most important map makers of the 16th Century. Munster was a linguist and mathematician, who initially taught Hebrew in Heidelberg. He issued his first mapping of Germany in 1529, after which he issued a call geographical information about Germany to scholars throughout the country. The response was better than hoped for, and included substantial foreign material, which supplied him with up to date, if not necessarily accurate maps for the issuance of his Geographia in 1540. A fine dark impression with wide margins.
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