Figura del Mondo Universale

Object summary

Title: Figura del Mondo Universale
Object ID: AF-DI-0678
Date made: 1575
Place made: Switzerland, Basel-Stadt, Basel
Maker: Münster, Sebastian
Object type: Woodcut
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: Yes
Exhibition: Liquid Archive

Description

Uncolored woodcut map of the world, showing Asia, Africa, Europe, Japan, and the Americas, but not Australia. With the latitude marked, and the seas decorated with many whales. The personified winds blow on the map from the corners. The title is printed at top. On verso is text in Italian.

From Sebastian Münster Cosmographia Universalis (Basel, 1575)