Von den Ländern Asie. Von dem Mittnächtigen India oder des grossen Mogorst Herrschafft.

Title

Von den Ländern Asie. Von dem Mittnächtigen India oder des grossen Mogorst Herrschafft.

Front depiction of a Mughal and an elephant near Agra, India. Back depiction of a team of horses and the burning city of Lahore in Pakistan.

ca. 1645

Artist

Münster (1489-1552)

Sebastian Münster (1489–1552) was a leading Renaissance cosmographer. His most famous work, the Cosmographia (1544), was a comprehensive description of the world with 24 maps, based on research dating back to 1528. Continuously revised, the 1550 edition already included many new maps. It was the first scientific yet accessible world description published in German, illustrated with numerous woodcuts by artists such as Hans Holbein the Younger. Between 1544 and 1650, the Cosmographia appeared in 46 editions (27 in German) and was translated into several languages. Münster’s work combined the knowledge of scholars, artists, and travelers and remained influential long after his death.