(Maps and Charts, World Projection),Muenster, Sebastian (1489-1552)

Description:

(Maps and Charts, World Projection),Muenster, Sebastian (1489-1552),Typus Orbis Universalis, [Basel, 1552 or later], woodblock folio print with hand coloring, with Latin text to verso, 12 3/8 x 15 1/8 in., edge toning and likely trimmed). Shirley 92.

Note: This map represents the first use of the Magellan term "Mare pacificum" and the earliest depiction of the Northeast using the Verrazananian concepts.
Estimate $2,000-3,000