File:Munster C1570 Hand col Woodcut. Algeria, Algiers.jpg

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English: Early Antique Woodcut Published 1544-1628 for the “Cosmographia” by Sebastian Munster. Printed both sides. Fine professional later hand colouring.

Some margin staining. Small unobtrusive hole on image.

Paper Size: 12 x 8 inch (30 x 20cm) Approx
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Sebastian Münster  (1488–1552)  wikidata:Q61073 s:it:Autore:Sebastian Münster q:en:Sebastian Münster
 
Sebastian Münster
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Sebastian M. Münster; Sebastian Muenster
Description German cartographer and scholar
Date of birth/death 20 January 1488 Edit this at Wikidata 26 May 1552 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ingelheim Basel
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Basel; Heidelberg Edit this at Wikidata
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