Munster (Sebastian), Typus Orbis Universalis, published Heinrich Petri, Basel, [1550 -1572], uncoloured woodcut map, 280 x 385 mm, Latin text on verso R.W Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.92. Second state of Munster's world map. Identifiable by the initials DK in the lower left corner (the woodcutter David Kandel) and the titles of the windheads now being in banners. 'Typus Orbis Universalis' replaced the Ptolemaic world map used in previous editions (see Shirley 77). Twelve windheads decorate the margins and sea monsters cavort in the southern oceans. This is the first map to name the Pacific Ocean 'Mare pacificum' and North America is called 'Terra Florida'. This second world map by M�nster was used for a large number of editions of the Cosmographia and can be found with French, German, Latin and Italian text. The last edition to use Latin was published in 1572. (1)
Munster (Sebastian), Typus Orbis Universalis, published Heinrich Petri, Basel, [1550 -1572], uncoloured woodcut map, 280 x 385 mm, Latin text on verso R.W Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.92. Second state of Munster's world map. Identifiable by the initials DK in the lower left corner (the woodcutter David Kandel) and the titles of the windheads now being in banners. 'Typus Orbis Universalis' replaced the Ptolemaic world map used in previous editions (see Shirley 77). Twelve windheads decorate the margins and sea monsters cavort in the southern oceans. This is the first map to name the Pacific Ocean 'Mare pacificum' and North America is called 'Terra Florida'. This second world map by M�nster was used for a large number of editions of the Cosmographia and can be found with French, German, Latin and Italian text. The last edition to use Latin was published in 1572. (1)
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